Ivar Kornelius Eikrem was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

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He was born in Akerø

Aukra

Aukra is a village and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Romsdalen. The administrative centre is the village of Aukra....

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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal

Møre og Romsdal

is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 in 1954, and was re-elected on two occasions.

Eikrem was mayor of Nord-Aukra municipality in the period 1945–1947, a regular council member in 1947–1951 and deputy mayor from 1951 to 1959. From 1945 to 1947 he was a member of Vest-Agder county council

County council (Norway)

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. He chaired the local party chapter from 1931 to 1940 and 1945 to 1949.

Outside of politics, he was a farmer.