Ole Rømer Aagaard Sandberg (21 July 1900 – 26 August 1985) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Centre Party. He chaired the

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from 1951 to 1955 and was a member of

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from 1957 to 1965.

Personal life

He was born in Furnes as a son of military officer and politician

Ole Rømer Aagaard Sandberg Ole Rømer Aagaard Sandberg (21 July 1900 – 26 August 1985) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Centre Party. He chaired the Norwegian Agrarian Association from 1951 to 1955 and was a member of Parliament from 1957 to 1965. Personal ...

(1865–1925) and Hanna Krag (1870–1963). He was a paternal grandson of Ole Rømer Sandberg and maternal grandson of

Hans Hagerup Krag Hans Hagerup Krag (9 August 1829 – 8 May 1907) was a Norwegian engineer. He was hired as an engineer in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration in 1852, and served as director of the Norwegian Directorate of Public Roads from 1874 to 19 ...

, great-grandson of priest Christian Juell Sandberg, great-grandnephew of

(1811–1883), nephew of Colonel Christian Juell Sandberg and first cousin of Major

(1888–1975). His sister Anna was the mother of

Joachim Rønneberg Joachim Holmboe Rønneberg (30 August 1919 – 21 October 2018) was a Norwegian Army officer and broadcaster. He was known for his resistance work during World War II, most notably commanding Operation Gunnerside, and his post-war war informat ...

. Another sister Johanne married Trygve Dehli Laurantzon. In 1926 he married Oddlaug Moen, an adoptive daughter of horticulturalist Olav Moen.

Career

He finished his secondary education in

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in 1919 and graduated from the

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in 1925. He managed the farm Hol in Furnes from 1925, and took over the farm in 1935. He later took over the farm Kåtorp as well. In Furnes he chaired the local Agrarian Association branch from 1927 to 1929, the local branch of the

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from 1936 to 1945 (he was also a deputy member of the national board 1936–1939) and the local Agrarian Party branch from 1937 to 1940. He was a member of Furnes municipal council from 1934 to 1951, the last six years in the executive committee, and a member of the municipal land board from 1936 to 1952 and 1956 to 1960. In the 1940s he was a board member of Potetmelfabrikantenes Salgskontor (1940–1945), Gartnerhallen (1941–1945),

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(1946–1949) and NLVF (1949–1955). During the

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Sandberg was a member of Hjemmefrontens Ledelse, and he was a candidate for Gerhardsen's First Cabinet after the war. He was drafted into and the board of . In the 1950s he became chair of Hedmark Agrarian Association (1951–1953) and the

(1951–1955). He also served one last term as councilman in Furnes, from 1955 to 1959. He was elected to the

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from

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1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

, and was re-elected in

1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...

. After declining re-nomination and leaving Parliament, he chaired a committee from 1966 to 1967 founded by the

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to evaluate the tax and duty system of Norway. Sandberg was also a board member of the Norwegian Directorate of Labour from 1955, and deputy chair until 1964, and Forsikringsselskapet Odin from 1959 to 1964. He chaired the supervisory council of Hamar Slagteri from 1956 to 1958. In 1971 he was proclaimed an honorary member of the Norwegian Agrarian Association. He died in August 1985 in Hamar.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sandberg, Ole Romer Aagaard 1900 births 1985 deaths People from Ringsaker 20th-century Norwegian farmers Hedmark politicians Centre Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian resistance members People from Furnes, Norway Members of the Storting 1961–1965 Members of the Storting 1958–1961