Søren Tobias Årstad (2 June 1861 – 11 January 1928) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the

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. He was mayor of Stavanger from 1891 to 1892, and a member of the Storting from 1897 to 1900. A member of the cabinet Steen, he served as

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, and he was

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's first cabinet. A member of the Storting from 1912 tp 1915, he served as vice president and president of the Storting.

Personal life

Årstad was born in Stavanger as a son of merchant Edvard Årstad and his wife Signe Amalie Torjusen. He was a first cousin of Wilhelm Aarstad. He married Barbro Cecilie Rasmussen in 1890.

Career

Årstad

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his secondary education in 1879 and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1885. After some time as junior solicitor in

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he settled as an attorney in Stavanger in 1885. He was elected to the city council, and served as Mayor of Stavanger from 1891 to 1892. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from ''Stavanger og Haugesund'' in

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, serving until 1900. He then served as

from 1900 to 1901, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm until 1902, then

until October 1903. In 1903 he was appointed as the district stipendiary magistrate in

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. He was elected to Parliament for a second term in 1912, serving until 1915. During this period he also served as vice president and president of the Parliament. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1901, and Commander, First Class in 1903. He died in January 1928. The street ''Søren Årstads vei'' in the

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, Stavanger, was named after him in 1954.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arstad, Soeren Tobias 1861 births 1928 deaths Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Stavanger Mayors of places in Rogaland Presidents of the Storting Members of the Storting Ministers of Finance of Norway Ministers of Justice of Norway