Nils Riddervold Jensen Explained

Office:Minister of Education and Church Affairs
Term Start:21 June 1920
Term End:22 June 1921
Primeminister:Otto B. Halvorsen
Predecessor:Jørgen Løvland
Successor:Martin Olsen Nalum
Office2:Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Term Start2:1 January 1916
Term End2:31 December 1918
Constituency2:Tønsberg
Term Start3:1 January 1910
Term End3:31 December 1912
Constituency3:Tønsberg
Term Start4:1 January 1904
Term End4:31 December 1906
Constituency4:Tønsberg
Birth Date:22 March 1863
Birth Place:Kristiania, Sweden-Norway
Death Place:Nøtterøy, Vestfold, Norway
Spouse:Wenche Christiane Dietrichson [1]

Nils Riddervold Jensen (22 March 1863 – 8 January 1938) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born in Kristiania as a son of dean Peter Andreas Jensen (1812–1867) and Mette Marie Riddervold (1827–1895). He was a maternal grandson of politician Hans Riddervold.[2] He was a brother of Anne Marie Riddervold Jensen, who married Finn Lützow-Holm. He was also a first cousin of attorney Hans Riddervold, who in turn was the father of Hans Julius Riddervold.[3]

He took his examen artium in 1881 and the cand.theol. degree in 1887. He spent his entire career, from 1887 to 1924, as a teacher in Tønsberg; from 1912 to 1919 as headmaster. He was also the auditor for the local savings bank from 1896 to 1928.[2]

He was a member of Tønsberg city council from 1898 to 1931, serving as deputy mayor from 1901 to 1904. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Tønsberg in 1903. After not being re-elected after three years, he did return and was elected to a second and third term in 1909 and 1915 respectively. From June 1920 to June 1921 he was the Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs in Bahr Halvorsen's First Cabinet.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nils Riddervold Jensen . Norwegian . lokalhistoriewiki.no . 13 September 2018 . 15 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Nils Riddervold-Jensen. Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Norwegian. 13 July 2011.
  3. Encyclopedia: Riddervold – slekt. Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 13 July 2011.