Arne Juland

Who was Arne Juland?

Arne Johansen Juland was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party and later Nasjonal Samling.

He was born at Juland in Lom as a son of farmers Johan Johansen Juland and Eldri Hansdotter. He graduated from Elverum Teachers' College in 1900, and worked in Lom for two years, Vågå for two years, Elverum for one year, Stange for two years, Lom again for one year, then Stange from 1908 to 1923 and Vang from 1923 to 1936. He was also a part-time teacher at Hamar Teachers' College from 1923 to 1936, and finally school director in the Diocese of Hamar from 1936 to 1 January 1944.

He was a member of Stange municipal council from 1910 to 1923, serving the last year as mayor. He was also municipal auditor for Stange from 1909 to 1918, and he was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1918 from the constituency Søndre Hedemarken. He served one term as a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture. He was later elected to serve as the mayor of Vang from 1928 to 1931.

He was also a member of Stange school board from 1917 to 1919, and Hedmark county school board from 1924 to 1936. He chaired the party chapters of Søndre Hedemarken from 1912 to 1920 and Vang from 1926 to 1928.