Hans Johan Sollie (13 June 1885 – 12 February 1973) was a

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bookseller and

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for the

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Biography

He was born in Aalesund in

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, Norway. He was a son of headmaster Paul Sollie (1852–1919) and Dorothea Torgersen (1860–1949). He was a nephew of politician

Harald Bredo Sollie Harald Bredo Sollie (17 January 1871 – 1 March 1947) was a Norwegian jurist, naval officer and politician for the Conservative Party. Family Sollie was born in Horten to Hans Paulsen Sollie (1816–1900) and Bredine Andrea Løes (1833–1919) ...

. He finished his secondary education in Fredrikshald in 1903, and set out to be a bookseller. He worked in H. Aschehoug & Co's outlet from 1903 to 1905, in Gudbrandsdalens Bokhandel briefly in 1905 and for Erik Qvist from 1905 to 1908. In 1908 he started his own book shop in

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. He also wrote for newspapers such as ''

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''. In politics, Sollie was a member of Horten

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from 1913 to 1919, and then served as mayor from 1919 to autumn 1945, except for the period between 1940 and spring 1945 when Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany. He served in the

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from 1934 to 1936 for the constituency

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, and was a deputy representative for the next term. Sollie was very active in local organizations. In transport he was a member of the 1928 committee that prepared the Moss–Horten Ferry, and he was a member of the supervisory committee of the

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from 1930 to 1933. In sport he chaired the clubs Horten SK (skiing) and Horten SK (speed skating). In culture he was a board member of the local

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from 1918 to 1940, and chaired it briefly in 1945; he was also a board member of '' Kommunale Kinematografers Landsforbund'' before 1940 and from 1945 to 1946. He was a board member of the newspaper ''

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'' from 1921 to 1945, and of the local bank Horten og Omegns Privatbank. He chaired the local commerce association from 1912 to 1918. In the

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he was a national board member from 1935, and chaired the regional branch in

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from 1936 to 1940 and 1945 to 1946.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sollie, Hans Johan 1885 births 1973 deaths People from Horten Norwegian booksellers Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Vestfold Members of the Storting