Gabriel Endresen Moseid (10 October 1882 – 4 August 1961) was a Norwegian politician for the Farmers' Party. He was elected to the

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from

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in 1922, and was re-elected on seven occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1919–1921. On the local level, Moseid was a member of

Vennesla Vennesla is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vennesla. Other villages in Vennesla include Grovane, Hægeland, Homst ...

municipality council from 1910 to 1922, serving the last term as mayor. Originally a member of the

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, he eventually joined the Farmers' Party who broke out of the Liberal Party in 1922. He sat on the national board of the Farmers' Party from 1922 to 1947. He was born in

. He worked mainly as a farmer, but also bank treasurer from 1915 to 1921. He was later Chairman of the

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from 1931 to 1946 and 1947 to 1954. Moseid was the grandfather of

Edvard Moseid Edvard Moseid (born 18 April 1945) is a Norwegian animal expert and former zoo and amusement park director. Personal life Moseid was born in Vennesla, a son of farmers Endre Moseid and Sigrid Andersen, and is a grandson of politician Gabriel Mo ...

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1882 births 1961 deaths Members of the Storting Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Centre Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Vest-Agder Auditors general of Norway People from Vennesla 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub