Famous People with Name Berge

Berge Østenstad            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Berge Østenstad: is a Norwegian chess player and Norway's sixth International Grandmaster. Østenstad plays for the chess club in Asker. He appears on the official FIDE rating list as "Ostenstad, Berge".

Berge Sigval Natanael Bergesen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Berge Sigval Natanael Bergesen: was a Norwegian shipowner and politician from Stavanger. He founded his own shipping company in 1887, Sigval Bergesen (not to be confused with Bergesen d.y. ASA, which was founded by his son Sigval Bergesen d.y.).

Berge Ragnar Furre            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Berge Ragnar Furre: is a Norwegian historian, theologian and politician for the Socialist Left Party. In 1959 he became the leader of the Norwegian Students' Society. He was a member of the Labour Party, but as the chairman of Sosialistisk Studentlag (1956–1957) he was centr

Berge Helle Kringlebotn            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Berge Helle Kringlebotn: was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1961, but was not re-elected in 1965.Kringlebotn was involved in local politics in Flosta municipality council between 1937 and 1940, and in Søn

Berge Sæberg            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Berge Sæberg: was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Hordaland during the terms 1969–1973, 1973–1977 and 1977–1981. In total he met during 44 days of parliamentary session.

Torgeir Andreas Berge            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Torgeir Andreas Berge: was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Labour Party from Sandar. He represented Vestfold for three periods in the Parliament of Norway from 1950 to 1961. Prior to that, he sat in the municipal council of Sandar from 1945 to 1955. He was chairman of

Anne Sofie Berge            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Anne Sofie Berge: is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland during the term 1997–2001.

Abraham Theodor Berge            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Abraham Theodor Berge: was a Norwegian politician representing Venstre, the social liberal party, and later Frisinnede Venstre, a right-of-centre party. Born in Lyngdal in present-day Vest-Agder, he was Prime Minister of Norway from 1923 to 1924. A teacher by profession, Berge started his political career in Lista in the present-day municipality of Farsund, where he was in 1882 elected mayor. From here he went on to the Norwegian Parliament in 1891. In 1926 he was, as the only Norwegian Prime Minister ever, impeached. The charge was withholding information relating to the government rescue of a bank threatened by bankruptcy. He was, however, acquitted in 1927, along with the six ministers who stood trial alongside him.

Frode Berge            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Frode Berge: is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He worked as a political advisor to the Norwegian Ministry of Defence from 1990 to 1992, and to the Norwegian Ministry of Children and Family Affairs from 1996 to 1997. In the second cabinet of Jens Stoltenberg, which assumed office in 2005, Berge was appointed State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. He sought to leave in December 2007, and was replaced by Øyvind Slåke. He has served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland during the terms 1993–1997 and 2005–2009.

Cornelis Niels Van Den Berge            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Cornelis Niels Van Den Berge: is a Dutch former politician. As a member of GreenLeft (GroenLinks) he was a temporary MP from January 12 till March 11, 2011, replacing Mariko Peters, who was on maternity leave. He focused on matters of the Dutch defense, the European Union, nature and agriculture.