Hans Edvard Kjølseth (28 September 1870 – 13 January 1966) was a

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and

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for the

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. He was born at Øverstedal in Sylte as a son of farmer and joiner Ole Hansen Øverstedal (1839–1911) and Aagot Skorgen (1844–1898). From 1887 to 1893 he worked as a joiner, studied at a technical school, studied under a blacksmith for one year and worked at

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for three years. From 1894 to 1894 he attended a technical school in

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, and after one year as a designer at

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from 1894 to 1895 he was hired at ''Skiensfjordens mekaniske fagskole'' in

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. He studied at Elektrotechnicum Komotau (in

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) from 1897 to 1898, then returned to his Porsgrunn school where he was promoted to inspector in 1898, headmaster in 1901 and director from 1908 to 1918. He issued several textbooks in electronics, mechanics and machinery. He also released a history book at the 25-year anniversary of ''Skiensfjordens mekaniske fagskole'' in 1909, and a book about the local power company in 1937.List of publications
in BIBSYS Kjølseth was a member of the executive committee of Porsgrunn city council. He was elected to the

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1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...

from the constituency

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. He was the secretary of the Standing Committee on the Military, and served one parliamentary term. He was also a member of the Constitutional Court of the Realm during the

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case of 1926 and 1927 where

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''et al'' were not convicted. From 1920 to 1941 Kjølseth was the burgomaster (now known as chief administrative officer) of Porsgrunn municipality. On 1 August 1941 he was fired by the Nazi authorities of the

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. He reassumed some of his positions after the occupation.

References

1870 births 1966 deaths Politicians from Porsgrunn Norwegian educators Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Telemark Members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1870s-stub