Johannes Høyer (born 19 January 1883) was a Norwegian judge and politician. He was born in

Arendal Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...

to priest Hans Anton Høyer and Jørgine Marianne Petersen. He graduated as

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in 1906. He was elected representative to the

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for the period 1925–1927, for the

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. He served as mayor of

Bodø Bodø (; smj, Bådåddjo, sv, Bodö) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bodø (which is also the capital of Nordland count ...

from 1928 to 1931. From 1928 to 1939 he was a public prosecutor ( no, statsadvokat) of Nordland lagsogn. In 1939 he was appointed as a district stipendiary magistrate ( no, sorenskriver) of

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1883 births 1960 deaths People from Arendal Norwegian judges Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Nordland {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub