Jon Andrå (12 January 1888 – 15 October 1966) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in the town of

Drøbak Drøbak is a town and the centre of the municipality of Frogn, in Akershus county, Norway. The city is located along the Oslofjord, and has 13,409 inhabitants. History Drøbak and Frogn was established as a parish on its own through a royal d ...

. He was elected to the

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from the Market towns of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark in 1931, and was re-elected on three occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1925–1927 and 1928–1930. Andrå was a member of the executive committee of municipal council of

Vardø Municipality Vardø (; ; ; ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county in the extreme northeastern part of Norway. Vardø is the easternmost town in Norway, more to the east than Saint Petersburg or Istanbul. ...

during the term 1919–1922, and served as mayor there from 1925 to 1930. Outside politics he started his career as a teacher in

Tolga Municipality Tolga is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tolga. Other villages in the municipality include Hodalen, Øversj� ...

and later in Vardø Municipality. Here, he was the chief editor of '' Finnmarken'' from 1919 to 1920. He worked for the

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from 1946 to 1950.

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1888 births 1966 deaths People from Frogn People from Vardø Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Finnmark Norwegian newspaper editors Members of the Storting 1931–1933 Members of the Storting 1934–1936 Members of the Storting 1936–1945 Members of the Storting 1945–1949 {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub