Nils Erik Flakstad (23 March 1876 – 9 December 1939) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the

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. He was born in

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as the son of a businessman. His maternal grandfather was

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. He finished his secondary education in

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in 1894, enrolled in law studies and graduated as

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in 1899. He worked in

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for two years before being hired as an attorney in Hamar in 1901. He was then CEO of the local savings bank from 1911 to 1931, and CEO of the local brewery from 1921 to 1937. From 1927 he was a member of the board of employers' organisation

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as well as of

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.Nils Erik Flakstad
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) Flakstad was a member of Hamar

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from 1919 to 1922 and 1928 to 1931. He was elected to the

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in 1922 and 1925, representing the

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. From 1926 to 1927 he was the President of the

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. As such he chaired the Constitutional Court of the Realm during the

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case towards former Prime Minister

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and six of his

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. All seven were found not guilty. Flakstad also served as a delegate to the

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Congress in

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in 1927.

References

1876 births 1939 deaths People from Åmot People from Hamar Members of the Storting Hedmark politicians Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian bankers {{Norway-politician-1870s-stub