About Nils Mjaavatn
Lived 1883 – 1951 (aged 68). Nils Mjaavatn was a Norwegian politician and farmer.
Nils Kristian Nilsen Mjaavatn (17 August 1883 – 19 October 1951) was a Norwegian farmer, teacher and politician for the Agrarian Party.
He was born in Vefsn Municipality as a son of farmers Nils Mjaavatn (1849–1887) and Olianna Mathisen (1850–1947). He attended basic school and folk high school in Vefsn, before graduating from Sandvik Agricultural School in 1906 and Elverum Teachers' College in 1909. He moved back to Vefsn, where he worked as a teacher until 1920. In 1913 he also took over the family farm Mjåvatn.
He served as deputy mayor of Vefsn municipal council from 1914 to 1916, and later councilman for two terms. In 1927 he became a national board member of the Agrarian Party. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Nordland in 1927, 1930, 1933 and 1936.
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Who was Nils Mjaavatn?
Norwegian politician (1883-1951)
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Nils Mjaavatn was born on 17 August 1883 in Vefsn Municipality.
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Nils Mjaavatn died on 19 October 1951.
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Nils Mjaavatn was a politician and farmer.
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Nils Mjaavatn was Norwegian.
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