Oddmund Jakobsen Vik (19 April 1858 – 12 February 1930) was a

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politician for the

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He was born in Vik i

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as the son of farmer Jakob Larsen Vik (1828–1925) and his wife Magnhild Nilsdotter Laupsa (1828–1914). He graduated from the teacher's college at

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in 1877, and worked as a teacher in Sund in 1878, at Sagatun folk high school the next year, in Telemark from 1879, in

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from 1882 and

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from 1884 to 1888. In 1885 he wrote a piece in ''

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'', "Fra Ekserserpladsen Tvildemoen", which was seen as anti-military agitation. He was sentenced to 40 days in prison by a military court; the sentence was upheld by the

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. He was also ordered to pay

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100 in costs. However, the government of Norway changed the sentencing to ten days in prison and no costs.Oddmund Vik
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) In 1888 he was hired as chief editor of '' Rogalands Folkeblad''. The next year the name was changed to ''

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'', and Vik was hired as subeditor under new editor

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. He then worked as chief editor again from 1890 to 1908. He was the chairman of the board of ''Venstres Presseforening'' from 1899 to 1900. He was active in local politics, serving as deputy mayor of

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from 1898 to 1901 and 1904 to 1912, and

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from 1913 to 1914. In 1900 he was elected to the

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, representing the constituency ''Stavanger og Haugesund''. He sat through one term, but was later re-elected in 1910. In 1914 Vik was appointed County Governor of ''Romsdals Amt''. The county was shortly thereafter renamed Møre, and is now known as

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.Amtmennene i Romsdal
by Per Gjendem During the

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he briefly left this office, to lead the newly created

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in the second cabinet Knudsen from July 1916 to November 1917. When he left this position, he returned as County Governor of Møre, leaving in 1928 to become a pensioner.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vik, Oddmund 1858 births 1930 deaths Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Politicians from Stavanger Government ministers of Norway County governors of Norway Norwegian educators Norwegian newspaper editors