Toralv Kollin Markussen

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Toralv Kollin Markussen
Representative 4
for the Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark
In office
1945–1949
Personal details
Born 23 February 1895
Ankenes, Norway
Died 17 December 1973
Political party Norwegian Communist Party

Toralv Kollin Markussen (23 February 1895 – 17 December 1973) was a Norwegian politician for the Communist Party.

Biography

Toralv Kollin Markussen was born in Ankenes on 23 February 1895. He held various positions in Narvik city council during the terms 1931–1934 and 1933–1937. [1]

Ankenes Former municipality in Nordland, Norway

Ankenes is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 2,028-square-kilometre (783 sq mi) municipality existed from 1884 until 1974. It encompassed most of the present-day Narvik Municipality, surrounding of the town of Narvik which was once its own municipality. The administrative centre of Ankenes was the village of Ankenesstrand, situated along the west side of the Beisfjorden, where the Ankenes Church is located.

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Markussen joined the central committee of the Norwegian Communist Party in 1936. In 1945 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament as Representative 4 of the Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark. He was not re-elected in 1949. He died on 17 December 1973. [1]

The Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Bodø and Narvik in Nordland county, Tromsø in Troms county and Hammerfest, Vadsø and Vardø in Finnmark county.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Toralv Kollin Markussen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
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