John Eggen (15 June 1885 – 6 January 1966) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born at Eggen in Elverum as a son of smallholders. After finishing primary education, he worked as a forest and construction worker until 1915, then as a supervisor in the

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. In 1925 he was elected to the executive committee of Våler

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. He served as mayor from 1931 to 1940, when he was removed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. He also lost his place as chairman of the school board, which he had become in 1931. From 1945 to 1947, he was again an executive committee member. He served as a deputy representative to the

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from

Hedmark Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged i ...

during the term 1931–1933. He met in the place of Olav Sæter in parliamentary session in April 1932 and May 1933. In January 1966, Eggen was fatally hit by car in Våler.

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1885 births 1966 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting Mayors of places in Hedmark People from Elverum {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub