Knut Sjøli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
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Place of Birth: Nord-Odal, Hedmark, Norway
About Knut Sjøli
- Knut Torstensen Sjøli (born 20 February 1877; year of death unknown) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born at Sand i Odal as a son of farmer and cooper Torsten Knudsen Sjøli (1847–1921) and Inge Jørgensdatter (1851–1927).
- He spent his career as a smallholder in Nord-Odal and a construction worker in Eastern Norway.
- In Nord-Odal he chaired the school board and was a member of the health council, congregational council, debt committee and several other boards.
- He was a member of the county tax board, and a deputy member of the Riksskattestyret.He was a member of Nord-Odal municipal council for about thirty years, and served as deputy mayor.
- He was a six-term representative to the Parliament of Norway.
- First, he was elected from the single-member constituency Vinger og Odalen in 1915 and 1918.
- After the institution of plural-member constituencies, he was re-elected in 1921.
- The Labour Party then split with the majority of party members and voters in Hedmark aligning with the Communist Party; thus after the 1924 parliamentary election Sjøli only became a deputy MP.
- In 1927 however, the bulk of the Hedmark Communist Party re-aligned with Labour, and Sjøli won re-elections in the 1930 parliamentary election, 1933 parliamentary election and 1936 parliamentary elections.
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