Henrik Roardsen Spangelo (1858–1926) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and later the

Liberal Left Party The Free-minded Liberal Party () was a political party in Norway founded in 1909 by the conservative-liberal faction of the Liberal Party. The party cooperated closely with the Conservative Party and participated in several short-lived governme ...

. A jurist by education, he worked as a civil servant in

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and

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. At the same time he speculated in estate in his native

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, such as the Tyin waterfall in

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. He served as a deputy representative to the

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from the constituency ''Arendal og Grimstad'' during the terms 1906–1909 and 1910–1912. He then served as a regular representative during the terms 1913–1915, 1919–1921 and 1922–1924. From 1919 to 1924 he was President of the

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References

Henrik Spangelo
at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia 1858 births 1926 deaths Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Free-minded Liberal Party politicians Aust-Agder politicians Mayors of places in Sogn og Fjordane People from Årdal Members of the Storting 1913–1915 Members of the Storting 1919–1921 Members of the Storting 1922–1924 {{Norway-politician-1850s-stub