Anders Kristian Rørvik
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Anders Kristian Rørvik was a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 farmer and politician.

He was born in Feda
Feda
Feda former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Kvinesdal. In 2009, the village of Feda had a population of 390....

 as a son of a farmer, and older brother of politician Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen
Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen
Cornelius Bernhard Hanssen was a Norwegian teacher, shipowner and politician for the Liberal Party.He was born in Feda as a son of a farmer, and younger brother of politician Anders Kristian Rørvik...

. He attended three years of agricultural school in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

, and spent his professional career at the farms Huseby in Lier
Lier, Norway
Lier is an affluent municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lier. The municipality of Lier was established on 1 January 1838...

 (1890 to 1891), Frogner
Frogner
Frogner is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. In addition to traditional Frogner, the borough incorporates Bygdøy, Uranienborg and Majorstuen....

 (1891 to 1894), Melsom in Stokke
Stokke
Stokke is a municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stokke.-Background:The municipality of Stokke was established on 1 January 1838...

 (1894 to 1896), Jarlsberg Manor (1896 to 1908) and Rise in Sem
Sem, Norway
Sem is a village in Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway.Sem was a former municipality in Vestfold. The parish of Sæm was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 3,590. On 1 January 1965 the district Stang with 126...

 (1908 to 1911).

He was a member of Sem municipal council from 1901 to 1910. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway during the term 1907–1909. He represented the constituency Jarlsberg and the Coalition Party.
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