Birth Date: | 9 July 1878 |
Birth Place: | Sokndal |
Death Date: | 19 January 1954 |
Party: | Liberal Party |
Office: | Minister of Agriculture |
Term Start: | 1928 |
Term End: | 1931 |
Office1: | President of the Odelsting |
Term Start1: | 1925 |
Term End1: | 1928 |
Office2: | member of the Parliament of Norway |
Term Start2: | 1919 |
Term End2: | 1933 |
Hans Jørgensen Aarstad (9 July 1878 – 19 January 1954) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He served as Minister of Agriculture from February 1928 to May 1931 in Mowinckel's Second Cabinet.[1]
Born in Sokndal, Rogaland county to a farmer family, he studied at Tveit school of agriculture at Nedstrand and later at the Agricultural University of Norway at Ås, Akershus county. He then worked as a teacher at Tveit school of agriculture.[1]
He was elected as a deputy member of the Parliament of Norway in 1916 and was elected as an ordinary member of the Parliament in 1919; a seat he held in 1933. In the period 1925 - 1928, he served as President of the Odelsting. From February 1928 to May 1931, he served as Minister of Agriculture in Mowinckel's Second Cabinet.[1]
After retiring from the Parliament, he served as rector of Tveit school of agriculture from 1933 to 1943. He died in 1954.[1]