Andreas J. Hemma, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Andreas J. Hemma

Norwegian politician

Date of Birth: 31-Oct-1866

Date of Death: 06-Aug-1950

Profession: politician, farmer

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Andreas J. Hemma

  • Andreas Johannesen Hemma (31 October 1866 – 6 August 1950) was a Norwegian farmer and politician. He was born at Hemma in Brøttum as a son of farmers Johannes Larsen Hemma (1831–1875) and Kristine Biskopaasen (1836–1914).
  • He took basic education, worked three years within commerce in Kristiania, then started working at the family farm which he inherited in 1893.
  • In Ringsaker municipal council he was elected in 1898 and served for twenty years, and he was also a member of the school board.He participated in his first parliamentary election in 1906, and was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway for the Coalition Party, from the constituency Nordre Hedemarken.
  • His running mate E.
  • Svartshoel was not elected, so that Hemma served as a deputy for Liberal Wollert Konow (H).
  • In the 1909 election he narrowly failed re-election as deputy.
  • The Coalition Party was no more, but Hemma had joined the Liberal Left Party.
  • Svartshoel had joined the Conservative Party, and they stood against Konow.
  • Svartshoel and Hemma lost the first round; having carried the municipalities Furnes and Nes but lost Ringsaker.
  • There was a second round of voting, but before it took place, Svartshoel died and Konow was allowed to run unnoposed.
  • In the 1912 election Hemma stood as deputy candidate, and won the first voting round together with his running mate Axel Krogvig.
  • In the second round however, Konow won and carried Nordre Hedemarken.
  • From 1915 to 1918 Hemma was a central board member of the Liberal Left Party.In the 1918 election things had turned around.
  • Wollert Konow was fielded by the Norwegian Agrarian Association with the backing from the Liberal Left and Conservative parties.
  • Hemma stood as his deputy, and they won comfortably.
  • In 1921 there was a new election system with ballot lists; Hemma stood as seventh ballot candidate for the Agrarian Party but without chance of election.
  • In 1924 he was the tenth candidate, in 1927 he was the fourth candidate and was elected as second deputy, and met for some months in Parliament in 1928 and 1930.
  • In 1930 he was the eleventh candidate.
  • He died in August 1950.

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