Office: | County Governor of Telemark |
Term Start: | 1939 |
Term End: | 1959 |
Primeminister: | Johan Nygaardsvold Einar Gerhardsen Oscar Torp |
Predecessor: | Didrik Cappelen |
Successor: | Tidemann Flaata Evensen |
Office2: | Minister of Finance |
Term Start2: | 13 November 1936 |
Term End2: | 1 July 1939 |
Primeminister2: | Johan Nygaardsvold |
Predecessor2: | Adolf Indrebø |
Successor2: | Oscar Torp |
Office3: | Minister of Social Affairs |
Term Start3: | 20 March 1935 |
Term End3: | 13 November 1936 |
Primeminister3: | Johan Nygaardsvold |
Predecessor3: | Trygve Utheim |
Successor3: | Oscar Torp |
Office4: | Member of the Norwegian Parliament |
Term Start4: | 1 January 1928 |
Term End4: | 4 December 1945 |
Constituency4: | Hordaland |
Birth Name: | Kornelius Olai Person Bergsvik |
Birth Date: | 18 March 1889 |
Birth Place: | Austrheim, Hordaland, Sweden-Norway |
Death Place: | Austrheim, Hordaland, Norway |
Spouse: | Berte Margrethe Selvik |
Party: | Labour |
Kornelius Olai Person Bergsvik (18 March 1889 – 2 May 1975) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, born in Austrheim, Hordaland. Bergsvik represented Hordaland in the Norwegian Parliament from 1928 to 1945.[1] In 1936 he was appointed to the Nygaardsvold Cabinet.[2] Bergsvik served as Minister of Social Affairs 1935 - 1936, and Minister of Finance 1936 - 1939.[3] After resigning from the government in 1939, he was County Governor of Telemark from 1939 to 1940, and again from 1945 to 1959.[1]