- Anton Ludvig Alvestad
Anton Ludvig Alvestad (1883-1956) was a Norwegian politician and government minister for the Labour Party. Born in Sula, Alvestad was a
baker by profession, and owned his ownbakery . He was also active in thetemperance movement . An active labour politician from an early date, he was among the founding members of the Labour Party ofÅlesund . Between 1920 and 1921 he was the first Labour mayor of the city.Elected to the Norwegian
Storting for the first time in 1921, he was re-elected repeteadly up until his death in 1956. In 1928 he served as Minister of Trade in the short-lived cabinet ofChristopher Hornsrud . This, the first Labour government of Norway, lasted less than a month, from28 January to15 February .References
*cite web | url = http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/Previous-governments/The-Structure-of-the-Registry/Governments/During-and-after-the-dissolution-of-the-/Ministries-1905---1940/Ministries-1905---1940.html?id=438665&epslanguage=EN-GB | title = Governments 1905 – 1940 | publisher = Government.no | accessdate = 2007-09-20
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