About Paul O. Løkke
Lived 1879 – 1937 (aged 57). Paul O. Løkke was a Norwegian politician and trade unionist.
Paul Olsen Løkke (12 December 1879 – 1937) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties.
He was born in Vaage Municipality (now spelled Vågå). He joined his first trade union in 1906, and in the city of Tønsberg he was a board member of the local Union of Iron and Metalworkers from 1908 to 1912 and local Labour Party leader from 1910 to 1913. He ran for Parliament in Tønsberg in 1912, but was not elected.
He was the editor-in-chief of the Larvik newspaper Nybrott and the Hamar newspaper Demokraten before taking over Vestfold Arbeiderblad in 1920. When his Labour Party split in 1921, Løkke joined the more right-wing Social Democratic Labour Party. He chaired the party chapter in Tønsberg fra 1923 to 1925.
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Who was Paul O. Løkke?
Norwegian politician (1879-1937)
When was Paul O. Løkke born?
Paul O. Løkke was born on 12 December 1879 in Vågå.
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Paul O. Løkke died on 11 June 1937.
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Paul O. Løkke was a politician and trade unionist.
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Paul O. Løkke was Norwegian.
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