Agvald Gjelsvik

Agvald Gjelsvik (14 August 1907 – 14 April 1976) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party.

Personal life He was born in Tvedestrand as a son of teacher Andreas Gjelsvik (1863–1938) and Brita Bolstad (1872–1953). He was a nephew of Nikolaus Gjelsvik. In 1934 he married teacher Aase Hermansen.

Career He finished his secondary education in Arendal in 1926, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.real. degree in 1933—specializing in astronomy. In the same year he was hired as a teacher at Orkdal District Gymnasium. When Vinstra District Gymnasium was established in 1946, Gjelsvik became its first principal. From 1969 to his retirement in 1975 he was the principal of Stabekk Upper Secondary School. He was a board member of Norsk Lektorlag from 1945 to 1950, and in 1968 he was named as deputy chairman of the Broadcasting Council. He died in October 1976 in Bærum Municipality.