Jakob Martin Pettersen

Jakob Martin Pettersen
Jakob Martin Pettersen
Vice President of the Odelsting
	In office; 1 October 1959 – 30 September 1965
President	Alv Kjøs ; Per Borten
Preceded by	Peder Leier Jacobsen
Succeeded by	Hans Borgen
Minister of Transport and Communications
	In office; 5 January 1952 – 22 January 1955
Prime Minister	Oscar Torp
Preceded by	Nils Langhelle
Succeeded by	Kolbjørn Varmann
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
	In office; 1 October 1945 – 30 September 1965
Constituency	Hordaland
Personal details
Born	11 April 1899; Bergen, Norway
Died	8 February 1970 (aged 70); Wollongong, Australia
Political party	Labour Party

Jakob Martin Pettersen (11 April 1899 – 8 February 1970) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and Minister of Transport and Communications 1952–1955.

Born in Bergen to a factory worker and his wife, Pettersen studied chemistry at Bergen tekniske skole (now part of Bergen University College). He started working in Odda in 1921; from 1924 to 1945 he worked as a chemist at Odda Smelteverk.^[2]^[3]

In 1928, he became a member of the municipal council of Odda and he served as vice-mayor from 1932 to 1940. He was elected mayor in 1945 and held the position to 1947.^[2]

He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1945 and served to 1965; from 1959 as vice-president of Odelstinget. From 1952 to 1955, he was Minister of Transport and Communications.^[2]

He held leadership and other elected positions in several temperance organisations.^[2]

References

^ "Nasjonalbiblioteket". www.nb.no. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pettersen, Jakob Martin ( 1899-1970 ) Stortinget.no. Retrieved 29 September 2013 (in Norwegian)
^ Jakob Martin Pettersen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 29 September 2013 (in Norwegian)

Preceded by Nils Langhelle	Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications 1952–1955	Succeeded by Kolbjørn Sigurd Werner Varmann

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[1] "Nasjonalbiblioteket". www.nb.no. Retrieved 2020-02-23.

[st-2] Pettersen, Jakob Martin ( 1899-1970 ) Stortinget.no. Retrieved 29 September 2013 (in Norwegian)

[3] Jakob Martin Pettersen Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 29 September 2013 (in Norwegian)

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