Kristian Magnus Falsen Johansen Moljord (6 August 1882 – 29 October 1976) was a Norwegian politician for the

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

. He was born in Beiarn. He worked as a fisher from 1897, a railroad (

Ofotbanen The Ofoten Line ( no, Ofotbanen) is a railway line in Narvik, Norway. It runs from the Port of Narvik to Riksgränsen on the Norway–Sweden border, where the line continues as the Ore Line via Kiruna and Gällivare to Luleå. The Ofoten Line ...

) worker in 1901 and then as a miner in Sulitjelma from 1903 to 1945. Moljord was a member of

Fauske or is a municipality located in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Fauske. Some of the villages in Fauske include Nystad, Venset, Straumsn ...

municipality council from 1910 to 1916, 1931 to 1940 and 1947 to 1959. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949 as the Communist Party dropped from 11 to 0 seats in Parliament.

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* 1882 births 1976 deaths People from Beiarn Norwegian communists Members of the Storting Communist Party of Norway politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub