Kristen K. Flaa (3 October 1925 – 10 January 2021) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.

Career

He was a farmer and chaired Aust-Agder Agrarian Association from 1955 to 1960. He served as mayor of

Birkenes Birkenes is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Birkeland, where about half the municipal population lives. Other villa ...

from 1972 to 1991 and county mayor of

Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . The ...

from 1972 to 1975. Flaa also chaired the boards of ''

Fædrelandsvennen ''Fædrelandsvennen'' is a regional newspaper based in Kristiansand, Norway. It covers the southernmost part of the country, ( Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder), focusing especially on the area between Mandal and Lillesand (west and east of Kristians ...

'' and Sørlandsbanken, and was a board member of Norske Melkeprodusenters Landsforbund from 1971 to 1982. The

King's Medal of Merit in Gold The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold ...

was bestowed upon Flaa in 1992.

References

1925 births 2021 deaths People from Birkenes Chairmen of County Councils of Norway Centre Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Aust-Agder {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub