About Bent Holtsmark
Lived 1823 – 1903 (aged 79–80). Bent Holtsmark was a Norwegian politician and farmer.
Bent Holtsmark (1823–1903) was a Norwegian agriculturalist and politician.
He was born in Lier, but moved to Asker in 1849. He was a farmer at Tveter farm, and also owned the farms Berg, Vøien and Sem. He was decorated with the King Oscar II Medal for his work in agriculture, and was also mayor of Asker from 1869 to 1875. He was an elector for the Conservative Party in the 1888 Norwegian parliamentary election.
His sons Bernt Holtsmark and Wilhelm Holtsmark established an agricultural college at Sem, which lent its name to the Declaration of Sem of the Bondevik's Second Cabinet. Bernt Holtsmark was also a Minister of Agriculture. A third son Torger Holtsmark moved back to Lier, and became mayor there.
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Who was Bent Holtsmark?
Norwegian politician
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Bent Holtsmark was born in 1823.
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Bent Holtsmark died in 1903.
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Bent Holtsmark was a politician and farmer.
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Bent Holtsmark was Norwegian.
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