Jon Jørundson Mannsåker (28 September 1880 – 28 February 1964) was a Norwegian priest and politician for the
Liberal Party.
Biography
He was born at
Odda
Odda () is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1913 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county. It was located in southeastern Hordaland c ...
in
Hordaland, Norway. He took an education in theology. He was the headmaster of Hardanger folk high school (''Hardanger folkehøgskule'') from 1912 to 1928, and at the same time an auxiliary priest in
Ullensvang from 1914. In 1928 he became a
curate
A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...
in
Voss.
In 1933 he moved permanently to
Oslo to become a curate there. From 1940 to 1950 he served as
vicar.
[
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1927 and 1930, representing the constituency Hordaland and the Liberal Party.][ He was a minor ballot candidate in the 1957 election.
He was married to Anna Erika Stueland (1881–1966). They were the parents of politician ]Bergfrid Fjose
Bergfrid Fjose (31 March 1915 – 13 May 2004) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
She was born in Ullensvang as the daughter of priest and politician Jon Mannsåker; her brother was the historian Dagfinn Mannsåke ...
and historian Dagfinn Mannsåker.
References
1880 births
1964 deaths
People from Odda
Norwegian priest-politicians
Norwegian educators
Members of the Storting
Liberal Party (Norway) politicians
Hordaland politicians
Politicians from Oslo
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