Hans Johan Sollie

Who is Hans Johan Sollie?

Hans Johan Sollie was a Norwegian bookseller and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born in Aalesund as a son of headmaster Paul Sollie and Dorothea Torgersen. He was a nephew of politician Harald Bredo Sollie. He finished his secondary education in Fredrikshald in 1903, and set out to be a bookseller. He worked in H. Aschehoug & Co's outlet from 1903 to 1905, in Gudbrandsdalens Bokhandel briefly in 1905 and for Erik Qvist from 1905 to 1908. In 1908 he started his own book shop in Horten. He also wrote for newspapers such as Verdens Gang.

In politics, Sollie was a member of Horten city council from 1913 to 1919, and then served as mayor from 1919 to autumn 1945, except for the period between 1940 and spring 1945 when Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany. He served in the Parliament of Norway from 1934 to 1936 for the constituency Market towns of Vestfold county, and was a deputy representative for the next term.

Sollie was very active in local organizations. In transport he was a member of the 1928 committee that prepared the Moss–Horten Ferry, and he was a member of the supervisory committee of the Vestfold Line from 1930 to 1933.