Anton Alexander (19 September 1870 – 10 October 1945) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Liberal Party.
He was born in Tvedestrand as the son of sailor Alexander Paulsen (1841-1871) and his wife Anna Andersen (1834-1887). He graduated as cand.real. in 1892, and studied mathematics in Leipzig from 1894 to 1895. Over his career he mainly worked as a school teacher and principal; in Kristiania, Bodø, Skien, Kristiania again, Lillehammer, Drammen and Skien again.[1]
Involved in local politics, he was a member of Skien city council from 1910 to 1914 and of Lillehammer city council from 1928. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament for the term 1934 - 1936, representing the Market towns of Telemark and Aust-Agder counties.[1]
He authored numerous articles and books.[2] He also assisted in the polar expeditions of Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup and Roald Amundsen, as well as Gunnar Isachsen's expedition to Svalbard, with astronomical calculations.[1]