Hans Schikkelstad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Vardal, Oppland, Norway
About Hans Schikkelstad
- Hans Hansen Schikkelstad (4 September 1789 – 29 March 1843) was a Norwegian farmer, businessperson and politician.
- He was the founder of the business which became O.
- Mustad & Søn.
- Hans Schikkelstad was born in the parish of Vardal in the present municipality of Gjøvik in Oppland, Norway.
- He was raised on the Bråstad farm and in 1809 purchased the nearby Schikkelstad farm.In 1832 he had started the company Brusveen Spiger og Ståltrådfabrikk in Vardal.
- The factory produced wire and nails.
- In 1843 the company was taken over by his son-in-law Ole Mustad, who changed the name of the company to O.
- Mustad, and gradually expanded into other fields.
- When his son Hans Mustad became co-owner in 1874, the name of the company was changed to O.
- Mustad & Son A.S..Schikkelstad was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1833, representing the constituency of Kristians Amt (now Oppland).
- He served only one term.Hans Schikkelstad was married to Marthe Gulbrandsdatter Etnestrand (1794–ca.
- 1875).
- They had three children including Anne Marie Schikkelstad (1816–90), who married Ole Mustad.
- Schikkelstad was also a great-grandfather of Sigbjørn Mustad, and thus grandfather of Kristian Mauritz Mustad.
- Both these people became members of Parliament.
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