Ivar Petterson Tveiten (18 December 1850 – 17 April 1934) was a Norwegian teacher and elected official of the

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who served as President of the Norwegian Parliament from 1916 to 1921. He also served as Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1924 to 1926.

Biography

Tveiten was born in the parish of

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, Norway. He was the son of Petter Veum (1811–89) and Tone Lislestog (1827–53). He graduated from the

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School (''Kviteseid Seminar'') in 1868. He served as a teacher from 1868 to 1883. In 1875, he acquired the farm Tveiten Vestre in Liegrend (''Tveiten vestre Gnr. 88/2''). He was elected to Parliament as a representative of Bratsberg amt (now

) from 1903 to 1924. He was Vice President 1916, President 1917-1920 and Chairman of the Presidency in 1920. Tveiten was made a member of the

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Order in 1914. He died during 1934 and was buried in the cemetery at Veum Church in Fyresdal.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tveiten, Ivar Peterson 1850 births 1932 deaths People from Fyresdal Norwegian educators Presidents of the Storting Vice presidents of the Storting Government ministers of Norway Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal Ministers of education of Norway Norwegian republicans Members of the Storting 1904–1906 Members of the Storting 1907–1909 Members of the Storting 1910–1912 Members of the Storting 1913–1915 Members of the Storting 1919–1921