Hans Strømsæther

Who is Hans Strømsæther?

Hans P. R. Strømsæther was a Norwegian bailiff and politician for the Liberal Party.

He was born at Strømsæther in Bremsnes, and finished petty officer training in Trondhjem in 1895. After a period as police officer in Kværnes from 1896, he served as bailiff of Rindalen from 1900 to 1909 and Tune from 1909 to his death.

Strømsæther chaired the trade union Lensmennenes landsforening from 1920. In 1933 he published the biographical dictionary Norges lensmenn. He had become active in politics and municipal administration, and served as municipal treasurer of Bremsnes. In Rindalen he held "nearly all the municipal posts eligible with his position as bailiff". While living in Tune he was involved in local banking, among others as a deputy board member of the local Bank of Norway branch in Fredrikstad. He represented the Liberal Party.

He was also fielded as the party candidate in parliamentary elections. In the Norwegian parliamentary election, 1912, he was fielded as Liberal's alternative to Labour's Albert Theodor Alexius Moeskau and Conservative Gunnerius Furuholmen.