Nils Nilsson Skaar (March 28, 1852 – June 12, 1948) was a

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teacher, farmer, editor, and parliamentary representative from the Fykse Sound in the municipality of

Kvam Kvam is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located along the Hardangerfjorden in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Norheimsund. Other larger settle ...

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...

county.Hamsun, Knut. 1994. ''Knut Hamsuns Brev'', vol. 1. Oslo: Gyldendal, pp. 16, 206.

Family

Skaar was born at the Botnen farm at the head of the Fykse Sound in Vikør (now Kvam), the son of

Nils Nilsson Skaar Nils Nilsson Skaar (March 28, 1852 – June 12, 1948) was a Norwegian teacher, farmer, editor, and parliamentary representative from the Fykse Sound in the municipality of Kvam in Hordaland county.Hamsun, Knut. 1994. ''Knut Hamsuns Brev'', vol. ...

(1826–1909), also a mayor and parliamentary representative, and Blansa Nilsdotter Rykkje (1826–1908). His uncle

Johannes Skaar Johannes Nilssøn Skaar ( (also spelled ''Johannes Nilsson Skaar'')) (15 November 1828 – 13 December 1904) was a Norwegian bishop and hymnologist. Skaar was born in Øystese, Kvam, Norway in 1828. He received his cand.theol. degree in ...

(1828–1904) was a Norwegian bishop and hymnologist.

Career

Skaar served as mayor for 20 years and had a permanent seat in the

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for a total of 15 years (for Søndre Bergenhus from 1886 to 1894, and for Hardanger from 1910 to 1915), and he also participated in another two sessions. He was a member of the

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. In the Storting he served on the budget and constitution committees, among other positions. He also operated the newspaper ''

Hordaland Folkeblad ''Hordaland Folkeblad'' (The Hordaland People's Gazette) is a local Norwegian newspaper published in Norheimsund in Hordaland county. The newspaper was established in 1873 and is one of the oldest local newspapers in Norway. It covers news in the ...

''. Skaar was a county auditor from 1898 to 1910, and he attended the coronation of

King Haakon VII Haakon VII (; born Prince Carl of Denmark; 3 August 187221 September 1957) was the King of Norway from November 1905 until his death in September 1957. Originally a Danish prince, he was born in Copenhagen as the son of the future Frederick VI ...

and his wife Queen Maud in Trondheim in 1906.Lindstøl, Tallak. 1914. ''Stortinget og statsraadet: 1814–1914''. Vol. 1, part 2: ''Biografier L–Ø''. Kristiania: Steen'ske bogtrykkeri.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skaar, Nils 19th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Hordaland politicians Members of the Storting Norwegian newspaper editors People from Kvam 1852 births 1948 deaths