For the Norwegian priest and politician, see Albert Henrik Krohn Balchen.
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Norwegian barrister, economist, politician
Albert Balchen
Born
(1874-10-22)October 22, 1874
Died
June 11, 1940(1940-06-11) (aged 65)
Nationality
Norwegian
Occupation(s)
Barrister, economist, politician
Albert Balchen (22 October 1874 – 11 June 1940) was a Norwegian barrister, economist, editor and politician for the Agrarian Party.
He was born in Vestre Aker as a son of Fredrik Glad Balchen (1815–1999) and Valgerda Benjamine, née Heiberg. He finished his secondary education in 1893, graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1899 and the dr.philos. degree in economics in 1907. Following a few years as a deputy judge and junior solicitor, he settled in Kristiania as an attorney before embarking on the doctoral thesis. His thesis concerned trade balance, and from 1908 to 1910 he chaired the economics group of the Polytechnic Society.[1] From 1909 he was the secretary-general of De norske eksportnæringers landsforbund while continuing to practice law, from 1910 as a barrister with access to working with Supreme Court cases.[2] In 1914 he married Hildur Jenssen.[1]
He was also a contributor to the newspaper Verdens Gang from 1910, and board member from 1911, but left in 1913. From 1915 to 1925 he edited the economic magazines Norsk Exporttidende and Tidsskrift for bank- og finansvæsen.[2]
Politically, Balchen aligned with the Norwegian Agrarian Association as a member of their working group on customs policy from 1912 to 1913. He later headed the Norwegian Taxpayers Association,[2] only to return to the Agrarian Association in 1924 to shape a proposition on state budget cuts.[3] In 1930 he became Oslo county chairman of the Agrarian Party.[4] In the 1930 Norwegian parliamentary election he was the Agrarian Party's second ballot candidate behind Thorvald Aadahl, and in the 1933 Norwegian parliamentary election he headed the ballot. Neither attempt resulted in his election.[5][6] He was also considered as Minister of Trade in Kolstad's Cabinet.[7] In the 1934 Norwegian local elections Balchen stood as the Agrarians' top candidate, and the third candidate overall, on a joint list with Nasjonal Samling and the Free-minded People's Party.[8] Already in 1931 Balchen had become a member of the 31-man strong "central committee" of Vidkun Quisling's organization at the time, Nordiske Folkereisning.[9] In 1933 Balchen issued the pamphlet Nasjonal politikk ("National Politics"),[10] where he among others espoused the racial superiority of the Norwegian people, whose individualism would be a "bulwark against collectivism and the other isms of lesser peoples and social classes".[11] In 1934 he was elected to Leidangen's board in Oslo.[12]
Balchen died the day after Norway had succumbed to invading German forces, 11 June 1940, at age 66.[10]
^ abSteenstrup, Hjalmar, ed. (1930). "Balchen, Albert". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 35. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
^ abcHoffstad, Einar, ed. (1935). "Balchen, Albert". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Yrkesforlaget. p. 51. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
^Nielsen, May-Brith Ohman (1997). Jord og ord: en studie av forholdet mellom ideologi, politikk, strategi og mobilisering hos den tredje pol i det norske partisystemet: Bondepartiet 1915-1940 (in Norwegian). Bergen: University of Bergen. p. 324.
^Morgenbladet 22 October 1934
^"Norges Offisielle Statistikk. VIII. 157. Stortingsvalget 1930" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
^"Norges Offisielle Statistikk. IX. 26. Stortingsvalget 1933" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
^Gabrielsen, Bjørn Vidar (1970). Menn og politikk: Senterpartiet 1920-1970 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 72.
^"Ny splittelses-liste i Oslo". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 12 September 1934. p. 1.
^Dahl, Hans Fredrik (1991). En fører blir til (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 161. ISBN 8257409049.
^ abObituary, Nationen 12 June 1940
^Dahl, Hans Fredrik (1971). Norge mellom krigene: det norske samfunn i krise og konflikt 1918-1940 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Pax. p. 25. ISBN 8253003064.
^"Oslo leidangs-lag dannet igaar". Nationen (in Norwegian). 10 January 1934. p. 3.
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