Arne Løfsgaard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Åsnes, Hedmark, Norway
About Arne Løfsgaard
- Arne Adolf Løfsgaard (21 October 1887 – 26 February 1974) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Agrarian Party. He was born at Løfsgaard in Åsnes as a son of farmer and forest owner Gunnar Løfsgaard (1854–1923) and Anne Berger (1859–1948).
- After middle school he attended Jønsberg School of Agriculture from 1907 to 1908, and took over the family farm in 1911.He was a member of Åsnes municipal council from 1916 to 1928, serving the last three years as mayor.
- He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1927 from the constituency Hedmark, and was re-elected in 1930.
- After ending his parliamentary term in 1933, he returned to Åsnes municipal council in the term 1934–1937.He was also a commissioner for Akers Sparebank from 1926.
- He was a board member of Aasnes Privatbank, and when this bank became absorbed by Den norske Creditbank (DnC), he chaired the local branch of DnC.
- He also chaired the company Flisa Aktiemeieri, and was involved in Lutheran mission work.
- He was the father of university director Jostein Løfsgaard.
- He died in February 1974 and was buried in Åsnes.
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