Bastian Thomas Laurits Eidem (born 31 January 1859) was a Norwegian schoolteacher and politician. He was born in

Sykkylven Sykkylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages in the municipality include Ikornnes, Straumgjerde, and Tusvik. The municip ...

to farmer Johannes Bastiansen Eidem and Brit Trulsdotter. He was elected representative to the

Storting The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

for the periods 1913–1915, 1916–1918 and 1925–1927, for the

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. He served as mayor of

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies ...

from 1900 to 1904, in 1906 and from 1910 to 1913. He was appointed borgermester of Tromsø from 1919 to 1926.

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1859 births 1954 deaths People from Sykkylven Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Troms {{Norway-politician-1850s-stub