Johan Ludwig Mowinckel

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (born Oct. 22, 1870, Bergen, Nor.—died Sept. 30, 1943, New York City) was a Norwegian prime minister during the 1920s and ’30s and a shipping magnate considered to be the outstanding statesman of his time in Norway. Educated at Oslo University, Mowinckel entered public life as a town councillor and then as president of the council of his native city, Bergen. In 1906 he was elected to the Storting (Parliament) as a...