Jon Andrå (12 January 1888 – 15 October 1966) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Drøbak Drøbak is a List of cities in Norway, town and the centre of the municipality of Frogn, in Viken county, Norway. The city is located along the Oslofjord, and has 13,409 inhabitants. History Drøbak and Frogn was established as a parish on its o ...

. He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament 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 base ...

from the

Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark The Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark ( no, Kjøpstedene i Nordland, Troms og Finnmark) was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns ( no, kjøpsteder) of Bodø and Narvik in Nordland c ...

in 1931, and was re-elected on three occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1925–1927 and 1928–1930. Andrå was a member of the executive committee of

Vardø ( fi, Vuoreija, fkv, Vuorea, se, Várggát) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county in the extreme northeastern part of Norway. Vardø is the easternmost town in Norway, more to the east than Saint Petersburg or Istanbul. The administra ...

city council during the term 1919–1922, and served as mayor from 1925 to 1930. Outside politics he started his career as a teacher in Tolga and later in Vardø. Here, he was the chief editor of ''

Finnmarken ''Finnmarken'' is a local newspaper published in Vadsø, Norway. It covers eastern Finnmark. It was established in 1899 by Adam Egede-Nissen and others. In 1942 ''Finnmarken'' was taken over by the national socialist occupant regime. They incorp ...

'' from 1919 to 1920. He worked for the

Office of the Auditor General of Norway The Office of the Auditor General of Norway ( no, Riksrevisjonen) is the state auditor of the Government of Norway and directly subordinate of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for auditing, monitoring and advising all state economic ...

from 1946 to 1950.

References

* 1888 births 1966 deaths People from Frogn People from Vardø Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Finnmark Norwegian newspaper editors 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub