Johannes Brecke, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Johannes Brecke

Norwegian businessman and politician

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1877

Date of Death: 28-Apr-1943

Profession: businessperson, politician

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Johannes Brecke

  • Johannes Onsager Brecke (1 October 1877 – 28 April 1943) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Drammen as a son of wholesaler Anders Brecke (1844–1922) and Caroline Onsager (1853–1888).
  • In 1915 he married Fanny Lyche, a daughter of wholesaler Axel Lyche.After finishing Kristiania Commerce School in 1895, he was hired in the company Harald Lyche & Co.
  • Except for the year 1987 to 1900 when he took commercial training in England, France and Germany, he spen most of his career in this company.
  • He was promoted to confidential clerk in 1914, and was chief executive officer from 1920 to 1922.
  • From 1915 to 1922 he was also a director of Drammens Tidende og Buskerud Blad.
  • From 1923 he was the co-owner of Harald Lyche & Co and Drammens Tidende og Buskerud Blad.Brecke was a member of Drammen city council during several terms; 1910–1913, 1916–1919, 1925–1928 (executive committee) and 1931–1934.
  • In the general elections of 1924 and 1927 he was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway, representing the Market towns of Buskerud county.
  • During the first term he served as first deputy deputy for Sven Adolf Svensen and Haakon Irgens; during the second term just for Svensen as the Conservatives lost one of their seats to Labour.He chaired the employers' association Kortevaregrossisternes Landsforening from 1929 to 1935, was a board member of Solberg Spinderi from 1914 and supervisory council member of Forsikringsselskapet Norge.
  • He died in April 1943.

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