Johan Opsahl was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party

Conservative Party of Norway

The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...

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He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Øvre Romerike, Akershus amt

Akershus

- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...

 in 1910, but was not re-elected for a second term. For parts of the term, his seat was filled by Isak Kobro Collett

Isak Kobro Collett

Isak Kobro Collett was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.-Personal life:He was born as the second son of Thomas Collett and Sine Kobro , in Lindaas where his father was stationed as a county physician. He had one older and two younger brothers...

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Born to farmers in Nes, Akershus

Nes, Akershus

Nes is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnes.-Name:...

, Opsahl took an agrarian education at Aas. He worked with farming, but he also ran a timber merchant business, a sawmill, a mill and a peat dust factory. He was a member of the executive committee of Nes municipal council from 1907 to 1910.