About Ivar Geelmuyden
Lived 1819 – 1875 (aged 56). Ivar Geelmuyden was a Norwegian teacher, rector and politician.
Ivar Christian Sommerschild Geelmuyden (8 April 1819 – 21 May 1875) was a Norwegian politician.
He was the son of Hans Geelmuyden, and brother of Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden. He was the uncle of Marie Geelmuyden, first Norwegian woman to receive a degree in science.
He enrolled as a student in 1837 and graduated as cand.mag. in 1837. He worked as a teacher in Christiania before moving to Fredrikshald in 1852.
In 1862 he was hired as a school principal in Bergen.
He died in 1875.
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Who was Ivar Geelmuyden?
Norwegian politician (1819-1875)
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Ivar Geelmuyden was born on 8 April 1819 in Trondheim.
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Ivar Geelmuyden died on 21 May 1875 in Bergen.
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Ivar Geelmuyden was a teacher, rector and politician.
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Ivar Geelmuyden was Norwegian.
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