Andreas Lavik

Andreas Johannessen Lavik (18 August 1854 – 18 December 1918) was a Norwegian revivalist, temperance advocate, magazine editor, farmer, headmaster and politician.

Early life and family

He was born in Eksingedalen as a son of farmer Johannes Andersson Lavik and Kari Andersdotter Kyte. He was a brother of journalist and newspaper editor Johannes Lavik and actor and theatre director Dore Lavik. In 1881 he married Margrethe Christine Matthiessen. They had eleven children.[1] Among their sons was jurist and newspaper editor Johannes Lavik.[2] His wife Margrethe was elected as deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway in 1915. He was an uncle of parliamentarian Nils Lavik and journalist Herbrand Lavik.[1]

Career

From 1878 to 1887 Lavik worked as a travelling lay preacher for the organization Bergens Indremisjon.[1] In 1885 he settled in Kvinnherad. He served as mayor of Kvinnherad for eight years, and represented the Moderate Liberal Party in Søndre Bergenhus at the Parliament of Norway from 1889 to 1891.[3][4]

He was a co-founder of Det Vestlandske Indremisjonsforbund in 1898,[5] an organization still active today with about 1,500 local chapters.[6] Lavik served as the organization's first Secretary, and editor of its magazine Sambåndet.[3] He was a member of the Church Commission of 1908.[3] From 1917 he was headmaster of a bible school in Bergen.[3] He published several books, including the song book Sions sange from 1901. A Pietist, he regarded activities such as dancing and cinema as unfavourable ways of socializing.[1]

References
  1. Uthaug, Arve Kjell. "Andreas Lavik". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. "Lavik, Johannes (1883–1952)". Norsk Allkunnebok (in Norwegian). 8. Oslo: Fonna Forlag. 1957.
  3. "Andreas Johannesen Lavik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  4. "Andreas Johannessen Lavik" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  5. "Indremisjonsforbund på Vestlandet" (in Norwegian). Indremisjonsforbundet. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  6. "Indremisjonsforbundet". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
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