Paul Andreas Jetmundsen Aklestad

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Paul Andreas Jetmundsen Aklestad (18 December 1837 – 21 May 1924) was a Norwegian politician for the

Liberal Party
.

Born in

municipal council from 1866 to 1910. He served as mayor for thirty years, although the exact years are unknown. For an unknown period he was a member of the county committee, a forerunner of the county council. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the constituency Romsdals Amt in 1889, and was re-elected on six consecutive occasions. His last term ended in 1909.[1] His foremost concern was that of public saving instead of expenditure, in the vein of Søren Jaabæk.[2]

In June 1861, he married Berte Johanne Olsdatter Skylstad (1840–1922), who hailed from a nearby farm in Hjørundfjord. They got several children.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Paul Andreas Jetmundsen Aklestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  2. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  3. ^ Genealogy