Georg Johan Jacobsen (29 July 1929 – 24 April 2011) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

, finished commerce school in 1948, spent two years at sea before working various jobs. Among others he worked with administration in ''

Bergens Arbeiderblad ''Bergensavisen'' (lit. "the Bergen newspaper"), usually shortened to ''BA'', is the second largest newspaper in Bergen, Norway. The paper is published in tabloid format. The newspaper's webpage ba.no is Bergen's largest local newspaper webpage. ...

'' from 1962 to 1968. He was a member of Bergen city council from 1959 to 1963, and of its executive committee from 1967 to 1971. He was elected to the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...

from

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Munici ...

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

, and was re-elected on one occasion in

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

. He was the deputy chair of his party locally from 1961 to 1974. He was a board member of Bergen Sporvei from 1965, and of Bro- og Tunnelselskapet from 1971.

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1929 births 2011 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Bergen Members of the Storting 1977–1981 Members of the Storting 1973–1977 {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub