Jørgen Grave
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Jørgen Grave (28 March 1909 – 21 January 1988) was a Norwegian politician for the
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. He was born in
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. He was elected to the
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from
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in 1954, and was re-elected on one occasion. On the local level Grave was a member of
Drangedal Drangedal is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Prestestranda. Other villages in Drangedal include Bø i Tørdal, ...
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from 1947 to 1957. Outside politics Grave worked as a secretary in Det norske lutherske Indremisjonsselskap. He also worked in '' Vårt Land''.


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* 1909 births 1988 deaths People from Drangedal Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Telemark Norwegian Lutherans 20th-century Lutherans Members of the Storting 1961–1965 Members of the Storting 1954–1957 {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub