Oluf Holck

Who is Oluf Holck?

Oluf Holck was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal, Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties.

He was born in Bergen and moved to Bærum in 1884. He worked for seventeen years at Høvik Glassverk before starting his own tinsmith company where he worked until his death.

He was elected to Bærum municipal council in 1898, and served as a councilman until 1925, except for the period 1904 to 1907 when he worked in Ålesund. He represented the Liberal Party until 1903, when Eastern Bærum Labour Party was established. Upon retiring from local politics in 1925, he was a member of the financial council, regulatory commission, the electoral committee, the cinema board and the board of Strand Restaurant in addition to councilman.

Holck stood for parliamentary election for the Labour Party twice, both times with Christian Fredrik Michelet as his main opponent. In 1912 he lost in the first round with 2,274 votes against 2,912. A second round of voting was therefore held. Here, he lost with 3,037 to 3,460 votes. He carried the tiny sub-constituency Son as well as Nesodden, and was very close to carrying Bærum, with 1,683 against 1,688 votes.