Per Klingenberg Hestetun, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetPer Klingenberg Hestetun
Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Årdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
About Per Klingenberg Hestetun
- Per Klingenberg Hestetun (11 August 1877 – 11 September 1928) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Liberal Party. He was born at Hestetun in Øvre Årdal as a son of farmers Ola T.
- Hestetun (1843–1929) and Barbra P.
- Klingenberg (1841–1902).
- He attended primary school, and later Sogndal Folk High School in 1892–1893 and 1896–1897.
- From 1901 he took over the family farm.He served as mayor of Årdal municipality from 1908 to 1920 and 1923 to 1926.
- He took the initiative to establishing the local savings bank Årdal Sparebank in 1907.
- He was a board member here from 1912 to 1926.He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway during the term 1919–1921, as the running mate of Sjur Torleifsen Næss, and was elected as a regular representative from Sogn og Fjordane in 1921, 1924 and 1927.
- He served until his death in September 1928, sustained by a fall at his farm.
- As he was the second candidate on the ballot (Liberal won two seats), he was replaced by the third candidate Jakob Mathias Antonson Lothe.
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