Arne Falstad (1 May 1874 – 27 November 1958) was a Norwegian attorney, banker and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born at Skjerpengen in Skogn as a son of banker Peder Falstad (1842–1921) and his wife Oline Kathrine Sæther (1837–1928). He was a maternal grandson of politician Peter Andreas Sæther. He finished his secondary education in Trondhjem in 1892, and graduated with the

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degree in 1900. He was also a conscript officer from 1894, with promotions to Premier Lieutenant in 1902 and Captain in 1911. He was a junior solicitor in Trondhjem until 1903, then an attorney in Steinkjer from 1903 to 1921. He was also a defender in

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. He was a member of the executive committee of Steinkjer city council from 1913 to 1919, serving as deputy mayor from 1913 to 1916. From 1921 to 1928 he was the director of ''Privatbanken'' in Levanger. He also worked as an attorney in the city. From 1939 he was a defender in

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. He was a member of Levanger city council from 1928 to 1940, serving as deputy mayor in 1928–1929 and mayor in 1931–1932, 1934–1935 and 1940. He was elected as a deputy representative to the

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from the constituency Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag counties. He met several times during parliamentary session, up to September 1945. He was a board member of Levanger Elektrisitetsverk and chaired

Indherred Kreditbank Innherreds Kreditbank was a Norwegian bank based in Steinkjer. It was founded in 1887. People involved in the foundation were solicitor Halvor Bachke Guldahl, merchant and mayor I. W. Klüwer, Jakob Gram and businessman and politician Ananias Klev ...

. He died on 27 November 1958.

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