Jørg Berge (3 September 1854 – 1916) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

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He was born in Arendal

Arendal

is a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. Arendal belongs to the traditional region of Sørlandet.The town of Arendal is the administrative center the municipality and also of Aust-Agder county...

. He worked several years at sea, and studied and worked in Canada, Spain and several cities in France. He converted to Roman Catholicism in Montreal

Montreal

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. Back in Norway he worked as a teacher at Catholic schools in Kristiania

Oslo

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 and Alten

Alta, Norway

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, and also as a cathecet, subeditor and editor of newspapers, and from 1907 lighthouse keeper in Vikten

Vikna

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. While living in Narvik

Narvik

is the third largest city and municipality in Nordland county, Norway by population. Narvik is located on the shores of the Narvik Fjord . The municipality is part of the Ofoten traditional region of North Norway, inside the arctic circle...

 he was elected to the Parliament of Norway already in the 1903 election

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1903

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, representing the constituency of Tromsø, Bodø og Narvik. The Labour Party went from 0 to 4 seats after the 1903 election, all representatives of Northern Norway. In addition to Berge, they were Meyer Foshaug

Meyer Foshaug

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, Alfred Eriksen

Alfred Eriksen

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 and John Lind Johansen

John Lind Johansen

John Lind Johansen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born at Aarstein in Ibbestad. He studies fisheries in France and Belgium, and spent his working career as a fisher and farmer. He was a member of Ibbestad municipal council, and served as deputy mayor, for some time...

; also, Adam Egede-Nissen

Adam Egede-Nissen

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 was elected on the Liberal Party ballot. Berge served only one term.