Hans Schikkelstad

Hans Hansen Schikkelstad (1789 - 1843) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1833, representing the constituency of Kristians Amt. He served only one term. [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12572 Hans Hansen Schikkelstad] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ]

He originally worked as a farmer.b] In 1832 he had started the company "Brusveen Spiger og Ståltrådfabrikk" in Vardal. The factory produced wire and nails. In 1843 the company was taken over by his son-in-law Ole Mustad, who changed the name of the company to "O. Mustad", and gradually expanded into other fields. When his son Hans Mustad became co-owner in 1874, the name of the company was changed to O. Mustad & Søn. [http://www.mustad.no/about/timeline.php Timeline] - Mustad.no] [http://www.mustadeiendom.no/go/om-mustad-eiendom/historie History] - Mustad Eiendom] [http://www.mustad-autoline.com/bakgrunn/history.php History] - Mustad Autoline]

Hans Schikkelstad was also a great-grandfather of Sigbjørn Mustad, and thus grandfather of Kristian Mauritz Mustad. [ [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12093 Sigbjørn Mustad] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ] Both these people became members of Parliament.

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