Christian Hansen Tandberg (28 October 1872 – 1951) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Agrarian Party. He was born at Nykirke in

Modum Modum is a municipality in Buskerud in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vikersund. The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The area has a long tr ...

as a son of farmer Hans Christiansen Tandberg (1841–1905) and his wife Ingeborg, née Kittilsdatter (1834–1919). He took petty officer training in the field artillery from 1893 to 1896, and worked as a policeman in Drammen until 1901, when he took over the family farm. He also continued on the military books, reaching the rank of lieutenant in 1930. He was a member of Modum

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from 1910 to 1916, 1919 to 1928 and 1931 to 1934, and served as deputy mayor from 1922 to 1925. He was also a member of the school board from 1906 to 1912. He was elected to the

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1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

, representing the constituency of Buskerud. He served one term.

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1872 births People from Modum Norwegian farmers Centre Party (Norway) politicians Buskerud politicians Members of the Storting 1951 deaths {{Norway-politician-1870s-stub