Jakob Mathias Antonson Lothe (14 November 1881 – 17 June 1975) was a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was born in

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as a son of farmers Anton Jakobsen Lothe (1852–1932) and Anne Marie A. Røsæt (1853–1940). He was a member of Gloppen

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between 1919 and 1928, except for a short period between 1923 and 1925. He was elected to the

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from

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the cou ...

in 1925, and was re-elected on five occasions, with a spell as deputy representative during the term 1928–1930. However, he served most of that term as well, after regular representative Per Klingenberg Hestetun died. Lothe was

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of the Lagting, the former quasi-upper house of the parliament of Norway, from 1945–1954.

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1881 births 1975 deaths People from Gloppen Sogn og Fjordane politicians Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub