| Jørgen Løvland | |
| Office1: | 10th Prime Minister of Norway |
| Term Start1: | 23 October 1907 |
| Term End1: | 19 March 1908 |
| Monarch1: | Haakon VII |
| Predecessor1: | Christian Michelsen |
| Successor1: | Gunnar Knudsen |
| Office2: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Primeminister2: | Christian Michelsen Himself |
| Term Start2: | 7 June 1905 |
| Term End2: | 19 March 1908 |
| Predecessor2: | Position established |
| Office3: | Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm |
| Term Start3: | 11 March 1905 |
| Term End3: | 7 June 1905 |
| Monarch3: | Oscar II |
| Primeminister3: | Christian Michelsen |
| Predecessor3: | Sigurd Ibsen |
| Successor3: | Position abolished |
| Office4: | Minister of Education and Church Affairs |
| Term Start4: | 26 October 1915 |
| Term End4: | 21 June 1920 |
| Primeminister4: | Gunnar Knudsen |
| Predecessor4: | Aasulv Bryggesaa |
| Successor4: | Nils R. Jensen |
| Office5: | Minister of Labour |
| Term Start5: | 5 June 1900 |
| Term End5: | 22 October 1903 |
| Primeminister5: | Johannes Steen Otto Blehr |
| Predecessor5: | Hans Nysom |
| Successor5: | Albert Hansen |
| Term Start6: | 17 February 1898 |
| Term End6: | 28 February 1899 |
| Primeminister6: | Johannes Steen |
| Successor6: | Hans Nysom |
| Birth Name: | Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland |
| Birth Date: | 3 February 1848 |
| Birth Place: | Evje, Aust-Agder, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway |
| Death Place: | Christiania, Norway |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Children: | Torkell Løvland |
| Alma Mater: | Kristiansand Teacher Training College |
Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland (3 February 1848 – 21 August 1922) was a Norwegian statesman, educator and civil servant who served as the 10th prime minister of Norway from 1907 to 1908. He belonged to the Liberal Party.[1]
Løvland was born at Lauvland in Evje (Lauvland i Evje herad) in Aust-Agder, Norway. He came from a farming family. He graduated from Christianssands Stifts Seminarium teachers’ seminary in 1865. He worked as primary school teacher in Christianssand (1866-1878) and then as headmaster in Setesdal (1878-1884). From 1884 to 1892 he was also editor of Christianssands Stiftsavis.[2]
He represented the Liberal party at the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) 1886-1888 and again in 1892–1898. He was Minister of Labour (1898–1899, 1900–1902, 1902–1903), a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm (1899–1900), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1905 and 1905–1907), Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1907–1908), and Minister of Education and Church Affairs (1915–1920). In 1905 became the prime minister in Stockholm. He was chair of the Norwegian government of Christian Michelsen. In October 1907, Løvland took over as Norwegian Prime Minister when Michelsen resigned. Løvland resigned the position in March 1908.[3] [4]
Løvland was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from the foundation in 1897 until his death in 1922. He was the committee's chairman (1901–1921).[5]
He was married to Mathilde Løvland (1851–1938). Following their deaths, both he and his wife were buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund in Oslo.