Kristian Pedersen Tønder (9 November 1860 – 9 March 1934) was a Norwegian priest and politician for the Labour Party. He was born at Sørli in

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as a son of farmers Peder Mikal Kristoffersen (1819–1885) og Jacobine Kristine Arntsdatter (1830–1896). He graduated from Tromsø Seminary in 1883, and studied theology from 1887 until he graduated with the

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degree in 1894. At the same time, he also worked as a school teacher in

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. He also taught in the municipalities of

Ibestad Ibestad may refer to: Places *Ibestad Municipality, a municipality in Troms county, Norway *''Ibestad'', also known as Hamnvik, a village within Ibestad Municipality in Troms county, Norway *Ibestad Church, a church in Ibestad Municipality in Troms ...

, Dyrøy and

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during his life. In 1901 he took the practical-theological seminary, and could serve as a clergyman. He was a

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Ibestad Church Ibestad Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ibestad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hamnvik in eastern part of the island of Rolla. It is the main church for the Ibestad parish which is pa ...

from May 1902 to June 1907, and then

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Salangen Church Salangen Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Salangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sjøvegan. It is one of the churches for the Salangen parish which is part of the Senja prosti (deaner ...

from June 1907 to 1931. He chaired the school board for

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from 1903 to 1911, and served as mayor of Salangen Municipality from 1904 to his death in 1934. He was elected to the

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in the 1915 election, representing the constituency of

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. He was then elected from the constituency Senjen in

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, and from

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and

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. During the last two terms he chaired the parliamentary temperance group of the Labour Party. He also became known as the person who proposed

Christopher Hornsrud Christopher Andersen Hornsrud (15 November 1859 – 12 December 1960) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as leader of the Labour Party from 1903 to 1906 and became a member of the Storting in 1912. In 1928, he became the f ...

as Prime Minister when the Labour Party parliamentary group voted over the question in 1928. The national board had chosen the unwilling

Johan Nygaardsvold Johan Nygaardsvold (; 6 September 1879 – 13 March 1952) was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party who served as the prime minister of Norway from 1935 to 1945. From June 1940 until May 1945, he oversaw the Norwegian Government-in-exile f ...

with 11 against 6 votes for Hornsrud (so the proposal did not origin with Tønder), but in the parliamentary group Hornsrud was chosen with 41 votes against 13 votes for four other candidates. Tønder established the newspaper ''

Folkeviljen ''Folkeviljen'' ("People's Will") is a former Norwegian newspaper, Labour Party organization and was established by parish priest and later Member of Parliament Kristian Tønder in Sjøvegan 1911, and published in Harstad from 1917. Among its ...

'', and was its first editor. He died in March 1934.

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1860 births 1934 deaths Norwegian priest-politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Troms Norwegian temperance activists People from Nesna Members of the Storting 1916–1918 Members of the Storting 1919–1921 Members of the Storting 1922–1924 Members of the Storting 1925–1927 Members of the Storting 1928–1930 Members of the Storting 1931–1933 {{Norway-politician-1860s-stub