Ivar Petterson Tveiten

Ivar Petterson Tveiten (18 December 1850 – 17 April 1934) was a Norwegian teacher and elected official of the Liberal Party who served as President of the Norwegian Parliament from 1916 to 1921. He also served as Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1924 to 1926.^[1][2]

Ivar Petterson Tveiten
Minister of Education and Church Affairs
In office 25 July 1924 – 5 March 1926
Prime Minister	J. L. Mowinckel
Preceded by	Karl Sanne
Succeeded by	Wilhelm Magelssen
President of the Storting
In office 1 January 1916 – 31 December 1921 Serving with Martin Olsen Nalum, Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, Gunnar Knudsen, Otto B. Halvorsen, Anders Buen and Ivar Lykke
Prime Minister	Gunnar Knudsen Otto B. Halvorsen Otto Blehr
Preceded by	Søren T. Årstad Jørgen Løvland Gunnar Knudsen
Succeeded by	Ivar Lykke Otto B. Halvorsen
Personal details
Born	(1850-12-18)18 December 1850 Fyresdal, Telemark, Sweden-Norway
Died	17 April 1934(1934-04-17) (aged 83) Fyresdal, Telemark, Norway
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Aasne Olavdotter Momrak ​ ​ (m. 1886)​

Biography

Tveiten was born in the parish of Fyresdal in Telemark, Norway. He was the son of Petter Veum (1811–89) and Tone Lislestog (1827–53). He graduated from the Kviteseid School (Kviteseid Seminar) in 1868. He served as a teacher from 1868 to 1883. In 1875, he acquired the farm Tveiten Vestre in Liegrend (Tveiten vestre Gnr. 88/2).^[3][4]

He was elected to Parliament as a representative of Bratsberg amt (now Telemark) from 1903 to 1924. He was Vice President 1916, President 1917-1920 and Chairman of the Presidency in 1920. ^[5]

Tveiten was made a member of the Order of St. Olav Order in 1914. He died during 1934 and was buried in the cemetery at Veum Church in Fyresdal.^[6]