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About Kristoffer Skraastad
- Kristoffer Skraastad (31 July 1865 – 7 March 1948) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born at Skråstad in Vang, Hedmark as a son of farmers Gudbrand Rabstad (1833–1896) and Marte Skraastad (1836–1921).
- He had modest education, but managed Vang Korn- og Frørenseri from 1886 and was then a tenant at the farm Hoel in Vang from 1890 to 1900.
- In 1900 he bought the family farm SkrĂĄstad, running it until passing it down to his son in 1938.He was a member of Vang municipal council continuously from 1898 to 1928.
- During these years he served as mayor from 1913 to 1916, deputy mayor until 1917 then mayor again from 1918 to 1922.
- He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Hedmark in 1924, and served through one term.Locally he chaired the board of Hamar Stiftstidende and the distillery Vangs Brænderi, was a board member of Jønsberg School of Agriculture and Hamar Privatbank and was a supervisory council member of Hamar Slagteri (chairman) and Hedmark Meieri.
- He was also the chief executive of the fire treasury Vang og Furnes Brannkasse from 1903 to 1947.
- He thus became a board member of the nationwide reinsurance corporation Samtrygd in 1928, advancing to deputy chairman in 1937 and chairman in 1941.
- He withdrew in 1946 and died two years later.
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