10 Facts About Carl Jeppesen

Carl Jeppesen was a Danish-born Norwegian worker, newspaper editor and politician.

Carl Jeppesen edited the newspaper Social-Demokraten from 1887 to 1892, and from 1906 to 1912.

Carl Jeppesen was among the founders of the Norwegian Labour Party, and served as chairman for two periods, from 1890 to 1892, and from 1894 to 1897.

Carl Jeppesen was Mayor of Kristiania from 1917 to 1919.

Carl Jeppesen grew up in Copenhagen with adoptive parents, having been adopted as a one-year-old child.

Carl Jeppesen founded a brush factory in 1881, which he run along with his wife until 1887.

Carl Jeppesen was a delegate to the founding meeting of the Norwegian Labour Party in Arendal in 1887, and was responsible for framing the party programme.

Carl Jeppesen was chairman of the Norwegian Labour Party from 1890 to 1892.

Carl Jeppesen was a member of the Kristiania City Council from 1898 to 1925, and served as Mayor of Kristiania from 1917 to 1919.

Carl Jeppesen was a co-founder of the Norwegian Press Association in 1910, and chaired this organization from 1920 to 1922.