Johan Martin Jakobsen Strand (10 October 1873 – 17 August 1935) was a

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farmer and politician for the

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Career

He was born in

Kvernes Kvernes is a village in Averøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the east coast of the island of Averøya, along the Kvernesfjorden. County Road 247 runs through the village. There are two churches in Kvernes: K ...

as a son of farmer Jacob Jakobsen Strand (1835–1875) and his wife Ellen Johanne Larsdatter (1841–1930). He took his education at the Higher College of Agriculture at Aas from 1899 to 1901. He ran an agricultural school from 1903 to 1911, and was county agronomist in Møre from 1906 to 1907. In 1907 the school was located to

Bremsnes Bremsnes is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1897 until its dissolution in 1964. Bremsnes municipality surrounded the Bremsnesfjorden and it included parts of the islands of Averøya, Fr ...

, and Strand moved here in 1908. He was a member of Bremsnes

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from 1916 to 1934, serving as deputy mayor between 1919 and 1928. He was also the director of the local savings bank. From 1930 to 1935 he was a board member of the

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branch in

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. He was elected to the

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from the constituency Møre on four occasions; in

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and

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. As he died before the fourth term ended, he was replaced by deputy Ole Nikolai Ingebrigtson Strømme. Strand was also a member of the Tax Law Commission of 1929 together with Johan Henrik Christiansen, Sverre Sivertsen,

Nils Hjelmtveit Nils Hjelmtveit (21 July 1892–30 October 1985) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party. He was mayor of Stokken, MP from 1925 to 1930, Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1935 to 1945 and County Governor o ...

, Gabriel Moseid and

Finn Blakstad Finn Blakstad (15 January 1865 – 24 January 1941) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Conservative Party. Personal life He was born at Blakstad farm in Asker as a son of Erik Jørgensen Blakstad (1827–1890) and his wife Laura Gab ...

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1873 births 1935 deaths Members of the Storting Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Møre og Romsdal politicians Norwegian farmers Norwegian College of Agriculture alumni Norwegian bankers {{Norway-politician-1870s-stub