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. ^ ^{a b c d} Lagesen, A. (1929). "Færden, Olaus". In Bull, Edvard; Jansen, Einar (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. 4 (1st ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 317–318. 
2. ^ Arntzen, Jon Gunnar. "Anders Færden". In Helle, Knut (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Anders_Færden/utdypning. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
3. ^ "Olaus Færden" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=10881. Retrieved 5 June 2011. 

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Name	Faerden, Olaus
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Date of birth	17 April 1826
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Date of death	18 March 1913
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