Olaus Islandsmoen

Olaus Islandsmoen (1873 – 1949) was a Norwegian educator, museologist and politician.

He was headmaster at Vestoppland Folk High School from 1906 to 1939. He was a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1916 to 1918. He was a chairman of Noregs Mållag from 1917 to 1921. He co-founded of the organization Norske Museers Landsforbund, a forerunner of Norges Museumsforbund, in 1918.^[1]^[2] In the 1930s he was a member of the council of Norges Forsvarsforening.^[3]

References

^ Engen, Arnfinn. "Olaus Islandsmoen". In Helle, Knut (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Olaus_Islandsmoen/utdypning. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
^ "Olaus Islandsmoen" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Olaus_Islandsmoen. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
^ Graff, Rolf (1936) (in Norwegian). Forsvarsforeningen i Norge gjennem femti år 1886–1936. Oslo: Grøndahl & Søn. pp. 141–142.

Cultural offices
Preceded by Fredrik Voss	Chairman of Noregs Mållag 1917–1921	Succeeded by Halvdan Koht

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Name	Islandsmoen, Olaus
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Date of birth	1873
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Date of death	1949
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