Adam Egede-Nissen

Adam Egede-Nissen
Born
Adam Hjalmar Egede-Nissen

June 29, 1868
Levanger, Norway
DiedApril 4, 1953(1953-04-04) (aged 84)
Bærum, Norway
OccupationsPolitician, postmaster
Spouse
(m. 1892)
Children11, including:
RelativesGeorg Richter (grandson)

Adam Hjalmar Egede-Nissen (29 June 1868 – 4 April 1953), was a Norwegian postmaster and politician, who began his political career in the Liberal Party and was first elected to the Storting (parliament) in 1900. He later switched to the Labour Party before eventually joining the Communist Party of Norway, serving as party chairman from 1934 to 1946.