Theodor Nilsen Stousland (16 March 1842 – 7 April 1910) was a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was elected to the

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from the constituency Lister og Mandal amt in 1889, representing the

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. He then joined the Liberal Party and was re-elected three times, before serving as a deputy representative during the term 1900–1903. He then returned, being re-elected three more times.Theodor Nilsen Stousland
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) Born in

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, he was a member of Søgne

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from 1874 to 1893, serving as mayor from 1880 to 1885. He mainly worked as a farmer, but was also treasurer in the local bank from 1875 to 1893, county

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from 1882 to 1886 and bailiff from 1893 to 1899. Towards the end of his career he worked at the

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1842 births 1910 deaths People from Søgne Members of the Storting Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Moderate Liberal Party politicians Mayors of places in Vest-Agder {{Norway-politician-1840s-stub