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Edmund Fjærvoll (20 March 1910 – 15 January 1975) was a Norwegian politician for the
Christian Democratic Party __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...
. He was born in Bø Municipality in
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,
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. He was elected to the
Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...
from
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in 1961, and was elected again in 1969 after serving as a deputy representative since 1965. He had previously been a deputy representative in the periods 1958–1961. He was the mayor of
Hadsel Municipality Hadsel () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Vesterålen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of ...
during the periods 1959–1961 and 1963–1967. Edmund Fjærvoll is the father of Dag Jostein Fjærvoll, who later became government minister, representing the same political party.


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* 1910 births 1975 deaths Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians People from Bø, Nordland Members of the Storting 1969–1973 Members of the Storting 1961–1965 {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub