Hans Svarstad was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

He was born in Innvik

Innvik

Innvik a village and a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. Innvik is located in the present-day municipality of Stryn on the southern side of the Nordfjord. The village is located about west of the village of Olden...

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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland

Hordaland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...

 in 1937, and was re-elected on two occasions.

Svarstad was a member of Kvam municipality council from 1922 to 1931.

Outside of politics he worked as a school teacher. He was the local churchwarden for twenty years, and was active in the temperance movement

Temperance movement

A temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by...

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