Gustav Natvig-Pedersen

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Gustav Natvig-Pedersen
President of the Storting
In office
11 January 1949 – 10 January 1954
Prime MinisterEinar Gerhardsen
Oscar Torp
Vice PresidentJohan Wiik
Preceded byFredrik Monsen
Succeeded byEinar Gerhardsen
Vice President of the Storting
In office
10 December 1945 – 10 January 1949
PresidentFredrik Monsen
Preceded byMagnus Nilssen
Succeeded byJohan Wiik
Personal details
Born(1893-08-18)18 August 1893
Stavanger, Norway
Died27 May 1965(1965-05-27) (aged 71)
Political partyLabour

Gustav Natvig-Pedersen (18 August 1893 – 27 May 1965) was a Norwegian philologist, educator and politician for the

President of the Storting. He made his mark in language politics
.

Early life and education

He was born in

cand.philol. degree in 1919. In the same year he was hired as a school teacher in Stavanger. He was also a standing military officer, and held the rank Premier Lieutenant from 1920.[1]

Political career

He was elected to Stavanger city council for the first time in 1922, and was re-elected successively throughout the rest of the

Den 1ste Mai from 1927 to 1936. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties in 1936.[1]

Among the political cases during this period, Natvig-Pedersen made a mark in the language issue. He was one of the people behind the orthographic reform of 1938, which implemented a converge between

Norwegian Language Committee from 1953 to 1962, and in 1959 he issued a new version of Norsk rettskrivingsordliste together with Kjølv Egeland.[1]

During the

President of the Storting.[1]

He spent the rest of his professional career as headmaster at St. Svithuns School, having left Stavanger Cathedral School in 1946. He also held a number of cultural offices. He was a board member of Stavanger Museum from 1935 to 1958 and chair from 1958 to 1965, deputy board member of the Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture from 1947 to 1950, board member of Rogaland Teater from 1953 to 1965 and chair of FK Vidar. He was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1948 to 1965, and also held a few industrial positions: member of the Vest-Agder and Rogaland railway committee from 1938 to 1959 and chair of Norsk Jernverk from 1946 to 1964.[1]

In 1962 he was decorated as a Commander of the

Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.[5] He was also a Knight of the Monegasque Princeps et Patria order from 1950. He retired as a headmaster in 1962, and left Stavanger city council in 1964. He died in May 1965.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Gustav Natvig-Pedersen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  2. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  3. ^ Schanke, Andreas. "August Lange". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  4. ^ Giertsen, Børre R., ed. (1946). Norsk fangeleksikon. Grinifangene (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 80.
  5. ^ "Nye St. Olavbærere". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 5 May 1962. p. 5.
Political offices
Preceded by
Christian Fredrik Monsen
President of the Storting

1949–1954 		Succeeded by
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