Background
He was born in Mandal, but represented Inderøy Illinois in athletics competitions.
historian politician secretary
He was born in Mandal, but represented Inderøy Illinois in athletics competitions.
At the 1936 Summer Olympics he finished tenth in the discus final with a throw of 45.89 metres.
His party affiliation was to the Labour Party. Sivertsen was a historian by education, having graduated as candidate.philol. in 1940, having studied between 1938 and 1939 at the University of Oxford. He was director of education in Oslo, Akershus and Østfold from 1956 to 1960, in Oslo and Akershus from 1966 to 1970 and in Oslo from 1971-1981.
Sivertsen pursued a career in politics, and was secretary to the Prime Minister in 1947, state secretary to the Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1947 to 1956, and Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1960 to 1965 in the third and fourth cabinet Gerhardsen, only interrupted by the short-lived cabinet Lyng in 1963.
From 1943 to 1945 he was a member of Milorg.