Amund Braaten, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Amund Braaten

Norwegian politician

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1849

Date of Death: 02-Oct-1919

Profession: politician, farmer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Amund Braaten

  • Amund Braaten (6 December 1849 – 2 October 1919) was a Norwegian farmer and politician. He was born at SlÃ¥stadbrÃ¥ten in Sør-Odal as a son of farmers Jest Braaten (1802–1859) and Marthe Melgaarden (1813–1871).
  • He was a farmer at SlÃ¥stadbrÃ¥ten until 1887, when he took over as forest manager for the companies And.
  • H.
  • Kiær & Co.
  • and Lier, Varald og Bogen.
  • He remained so until 1919.From 1889 to 1891 he was a member of the city council and school board of Kongsvinger.
  • He served in Vinger municipal council from 1895 to 1897, then in Kongsvinger city council again from 1910 to 1913.
  • In the 1915 election he stood as the running mate of Axel Thallaug in the constituency Lillehammer, Hamar, Gjøvik og Kongsvinger, and was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway for one term, representing the Liberal Left Party.
  • The term finished in 1918, and he died in 1919.

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