Hans Konrad Foosnæs

Norwegian politician

Hans Konrad Foosnæs


Minister of Agriculture
In office 19 March 1908 – 2 February 1910
Prime Minister	Gunnar Knudsen
Preceded by	Sven Aarrestad
Succeeded by	Wollert Konow
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 January 1904 – 31 December 1906
Constituency	Nordre Trondhjem
In office 1 January 1889 – 31 December 1900
Constituency	Nordre Trondhjem
In office 1 January 1883 – 31 December 1885
Constituency	Nordre Trondhjem
Mayor of Beitstad
In office 1 January 1914 – 31 December 1916
Preceded by	Odin Kvam
Succeeded by	Odin Kvam
In office 1 January 1880 – 31 December 1910
Preceded by	Christoffer Hjelde
Succeeded by	Odin Kvam

Personal details
Born	Hans Konrad Henriksen Foosnæs (1846-02-02)2 February 1846 Namdalseid, North Trøndelag, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Died	30 July 1917(1917-07-30) (aged 71) Beitstad, North Trøndelag, Norway
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Anne Kjerstine Guldahl (m. 1885) Marie Severine Bragstad (1877–1880)
Relatives	Hans Andersen Barlien (grandfather)
Occupation	Politician

Hans Konrad Henriksen Foosnæs (2 February 1846 – 30 July 1917) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 1908 to 1910.

Personal life

He was born in Namdalseid. He was the grandson of politician, Hans Andersen Barlien.^[1]

Career

He was elected as a member of Beitstaden municipal council in 1878, and served as mayor from 1880 to 1907. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Nordre Trondhjems Amt in 1882, and then won five non-consecutive re-elections in 1888, 1891, 1894, 1897 and 1903.^[2]

In 1906 he stood for re-election for a seventh time, now in the constituency Snaasen as the constituencies had been restructured. He was challenged by no less than three other candidates from his own party; Ivar Aavatsmark, Ole Olsen Five and Lorents Mørkved. In the first round of voting Aavatsmark took the lead with 1,210 votes against Foosnæs' 1,145 votes. In the second round of voting, Foosnæs with N. E. Brenne gathered 1,476 votes, and he lost his seat to Aavatsmark who won it with 2,157 votes.^[3]

From 1908 to 1910 he served in Knudsen's First Cabinet as the Minister of Agriculture.^[2] Foosnæs tried to re-contest the seat in 1912, and gathered 1,513 votes. However, Aavatsmark with Mørkved as running mate won 2,642 votes and hence the seat.^[4] In 1915 Foosnæs finished a distant third, now also beaten by the Labour candidate.^[5]

References

^ Bratberg, Terje. "H K Foosnæs". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Hans Konrad Henriksen Foosnæs" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 27 April 2014.
^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. V. 49. Stortingsvalget 1906" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. V. 189. Stortingsvalget 1912" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. VI. 65. Stortingsvalget 1915" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.