Lyngdal (help·info) is a municipality in Agder county,Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Alleen. Some of the main villages in Lyngdal include Austad,Byremo,Fleseland,Hæåk,Konsmo,Korshamn,Kvås,Skomrak,Svenevik,and Vivlemo.
Farsund (help·info) is a municipality in Agder county,Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Farsund. Farsund is a coastal municipality in the far southwestern part of Norway,bordering Kvinesdal municipality in the north and Lyngdal in the north and east.
Peder Ludvik Kolstad was a Norwegian politician from the Agrarian Party. He was the 19th prime minister of Norway from 1931 until his death in 1932.
Anders Hovden was a Norwegian Lutheran clergyman,hymnwriter poet and author.
Jens Valentinsen Hundseid was a Norwegian politician from the Agrarian Party. He was a member of the Norwegian parliament from 1924 to 1940 and the 20th prime minister of Norway from 1932 to 1933.
Jørgen Gunnarsson Løvland was a Norwegian educator and civil servant of the Liberal Party who served as the 10th prime minister of Norway from 1907 to 1908.
Sven Eivindsen Aarrestad was a writer,politician,and leader in the Norwegian temperance movement during the 19th century.
Edvard Hagerup Bull was a Norwegian jurist and assessor of the Supreme Court of Norway. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament and government official with the Conservative Party of Norway.
Johan Castberg was a Norwegian jurist and politician best known for representing the Radical People's Party. He was a government minister from 1908 to 1910 and 1913 to 1914,and also served seven terms in the Norwegian Parliament. The brother-in-law of Katti Anker Møller,the two were responsible for implementing the highly progressive Castberg laws,granting rights to children born out of wedlock. Altogether,he was one of the most influential politicians in the early 20th century Norway.
Johan Magnus Halvorsen was a Norwegian politician for the Moderate Liberal Party.
Sigvald Mathias Hasund was a Norwegian researcher of agriculture and politician for the Liberal Party. He was Minister of Church and Education from 1928 to 1931.
Johan Henrik Rye Holmboe was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Free-minded Liberal Party. He was a city council member in Tromsøfor 42 years,a three-term member of Parliament,Minister of Provisioning from 1920 to 1921,and Minister of Trade from 1923 to 1924.
Karl Sanne was a Norwegian farmer and politician of the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1923 to 1924.
Anders Venger was a Norwegian politician of the Conservative Party. He served Minister of Agriculture from 1923 to 1924,Minister of Labour from March to July 1926 and acting Minister of Education and Church Affairs from November to December 1923 following the death of Ivar Bergersen Sælen. He also served as deputy leader of the Conservative Party from 1920 to 1925.
Lista is a former municipality located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The 193-square-kilometre (75 sq mi) municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1965. The administrative centre was the village of Vanse where Vanse Church is located. Lista municipality was historically known as the municipality of Vanse until 1911. The former municipality's land is now located in the present-day municipality of Farsund in Agder county.
The Free-minded Liberal Party was a political party in Norway founded in 1909 by the conservative-liberal faction of the Liberal Party. The party cooperated closely with the Conservative Party and participated in several short-lived governments,including two headed by Free-minded Prime Ministers. In the 1930s the party changed its name to the Free-minded People's Party and initiated cooperation with nationalist groups. The party contested its last election in 1936,and was not reorganised in 1945.
Events in the year 2001 in Norway.
Christian Fredrik Michelet was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party.
Johan Edvard Sverdrup was a Norwegian educator,author and church leader. Sverdrup was one of the key theologians in the Church of Norway in the first few decades of the 1900s.
Alfred Eriksen was a Norwegian priest,politician,newspaper editor and non-fiction writer.
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