Valentin Valentinsen, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Valentin Valentinsen

Norwegian politician

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1861

Date of Death: 25-Oct-1952

Profession: engineer, politician

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Valentin Valentinsen

  • Valentin Valentinsen (21 December 1861 - ??) was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Liberal Party. Born in Haugesund as the son of ship-owner Johannes Valentinsen, he took a technical education and started his career at a shipyard in Laksevaag.
  • In 1887 he was hired as head of the machine department in a shipyard in Mykolaiv, nicknamed the City of shipbuilders.
  • In 1889 he went on to Jarrow, England, working as a machine constructor at the Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited.
  • He then traveled to Chicago in 1890 and to San Francisco and the Union Iron Works in 1890.
  • He returned to Norway in 1893.He was a member of Haugesund city council from 1904, serving as deputy mayor in 1907 and 1908 and as mayor from 1909.
  • He was then elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1910 and 1913, representing the constituency of Haugesund.

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