Jørg Berge

Who was Jørg Berge?

Jørg Berge was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He was born in Arendal. He worked several years at sea, and studied and worked in Canada, Spain and several cities in France. He converted to Roman Catholicism in Montreal. Back in Norway he worked as a teacher at Catholic schools in Kristiania and Alten, and also as a cathecet, subeditor and editor of newspapers, and from 1907 lighthouse keeper in Vikten. While living in Narvik he was elected to the Parliament of Norway already in the 1903 election, representing the constituency of Tromsø, Bodø og Narvik. The Labour Party went from 0 to 4 seats after the 1903 election, all representatives of Northern Norway. In addition to Berge, they were Meyer Foshaug, Alfred Eriksen and John Lind Johansen; also, Adam Egede-Nissen was elected on the Liberal Party ballot. Berge served only one term.