Ole Haldorsen Bjelbøle (23 August 1879 – 1953) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Agrarian Party. He was born at Bjelbøle in

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as a son of farmers Haldor Knutsen Bjelbøle (1839–1899) and Marit Hauge (1843–1925). He finished middle school in 1897, then Storhove Agricultural School in 1900 and the

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in 1902. He was a farmer his entire career; from 1905 at the family farm Bjelbøle. He was a member of Øystre Slidre

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from 1919 to 1925 and 1928 to 1934. He was also a county politician in Oppland. He was elected as a deputy representative to the

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from the constituency Oppland, and was re-elected in

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. He was the deputy of

Erling Bjørnson Erling Bjørnson (19 April 1868 – 7 December 1959) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Agrarian Party and later Nasjonal Samling. He was born in Copenhagen, the son of Karoline and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. He was elected to the Parl ...

. During World War II Bjørnson became a

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member, which after the war was seen as treason; he was relieved of his suffrage among other things. As the pre-war Parliament reconvened for some months in 1945, Bjelbøle thus filled in for Bjørnson.

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1879 births 1953 deaths Date of death missing People from Valdres Norwegian College of Agriculture alumni 20th-century Norwegian farmers Oppland politicians Deputy members of the Storting Centre Party (Norway) politicians {{Norway-politician-1870s-stub