Andreas Olsen Hølaas (28 July 1832 – 17 July 1907) was a Norwegian civil servant, auditor and politician for the

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. He was born in

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as a son of farmers. He finished secondary education as a private candidate in 1862, and took the

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degree in 1866. He worked as a clerk in the Norwegian Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs until he was hired in the Norwegian Ministry of Auditing in 1875. From 1881 to 1888 he was one of the Auditors-General. He was selected by the

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, where he had contacts, among others to

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, because of his involvement since 1879 in the Liberal Party. He was also involved in

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, and edited their publications ''Samfundet'' and ''Demokraten''. He was also a

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proponent. From 1888 to 1907 he was the

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. Hølaas was married to Jocumine Oline Jonasdatter Støre (1833–1881) from September 1968 to her death. From April 1887 he was married to Anna Christine Bakke (1845–1920). He was the paternal great-grandfather of

Odd Hølaas Oddleiv Sigurd Bang Hølaas (27 March 1898 – 2 March 1968) was a Norwegian journalist and writer. He won the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1964. He was born in Tveit as a son of physician Oddleiv Magne Hølaas (1869–1915) and Aa ...

. He died in July 1907 in

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1832 births 1907 deaths People from Leksvik Norwegian jurists Norwegian civil servants Norwegian auditors Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian magazine editors {{Norway-politician-1830s-stub