Sven Adolf Svensen (29 January 1863 – 21 May 1943) was a Norwegian schoolteacher and politician. He was born in

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to Søren Henrik Svensen and Oleane Nilsdatter. He was married to Anna Elisabet Skaar, and was thus son-in-law of bishop

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. He worked as schoolteacher in

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and Christiania, and school inspector in

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and

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. He was elected representative to the

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for five periods from 1922 to 1936, for the Conservative Party. His publications include ''Bibelhistorie for Middelskolen og for folkeskolen'', ''Lærebok i grammatik, analyse og tegnsætning'' (1901), ''Trondhjem, byen og dens historie'' (1907), ''Katekisme-undervisning'' (1922) and ''Drammens tekn. aftenskole i 50 år'' (1936). He was decorated Knight, First Class of the

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in 1934.

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1863 births 1943 deaths Politicians from Larvik Norwegian schoolteachers Norwegian non-fiction writers Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 1922–1924 Members of the Storting 1925–1927 Members of the Storting 1928–1930 Members of the Storting 1931–1933 Members of the Storting 1934–1936 {{Norway-politician-1860s-stub

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