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Tollef Kilde
Tollef Hansen Kilde (17 July 1853 – 2 January 1947) was a Norwegian forest owner, business founder and politician. He was born in Åmot as a son of forest owner Hans Tollefsen Kilde (1822–1882) and Oline Grini (1827–1871). He attended Sagatun Folk High School, the Norwegian College of Agriculture and the Forestry Academy in Tharandt. In 1878 he took over the family farm, Kilde. It fell out of use in 1927 because of economic problems, but was inherited by his son in 1938. He was married twice; first from 1880 to Pauline Iversdatter Arnestad (1858–1917), but the marriage was dissolved; then from November 1903 to Hanna Fredrikke Hansdatter Arnestad (1877–1955). Kilde was an active politician. Locally he was a member of Åmot municipal council from 1881 to 1925, serving as mayor from 1890 to 1893 and 1905 to 1910. For the Liberal Party (Norway), Liberal Party, he was a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway during the term 1891–1894. In the 1909 Norwegian parli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Åmot
Åmot is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rena. Other villages in the municipality include Åsta, Osneset, and Snippen. The municipality is the 72nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Åmot is the 198th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,195. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 3.3% over the previous 10-year period. General information The parish of ''Aamot'' (later spelled ''Åmot'') was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). In 1880, the Nordre Osen area of Trysil (population: 302) was transferred to Åmot municipality. Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old ''Åmot'' farm ( non, Ámót), since the first Åmot Church was built here. The first element is which means "river" and the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
