Olaus Færden

Olaus Færden (17 April 1826 – 18 March 1913) was a Norwegian farmer and politician.

He was born at Færden farm in Haugsbygd as a son of farmer Ole A. Færden and Anne O. Lagesen. He was a first cousin of Michael Færden[1] and uncle of Wilhelm Hansen Færden and Anders Færden.[2] In October 1847 in Norderhov he married farmer's daughter Maren K. Hverven (1825–1911). They had no children.[1]

He became a farmer himself, after graduating from Asker Teachers' Seminary in 1844. He owned Hverven farm from 1847. In 1854 he was elected as a member of Norderhov municipal council. He served as mayor from 1856 to 1965, 1872 to 1875 and 1892 to 1893.[1] He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1859. He was later re-elected in 1862, 1865, 1868 and 1873, representing the constituency of Buskeruds Amt.[3] He was also a deputy representative in 1857, 1871–1873 and 1877–1879. He held numerous posts in public committees, was an elector and arbitrator, and local savings bank director. He was a proponent of the construction of the Randsfjord Line, but had a very conservative political outlook. He consistently voted against the introduction of annual parliamentary sessions, and the possibility of summoning government ministers to Parliament.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Lagesen, A. (1929). "Færden, Olaus". In Bull, Edvard; Jansen, Einar. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) 4 (1st ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 317–318.
  2. ↑ Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. "Anders Færden". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Olaus Færden" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 5 June 2011.


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