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'''Per Klingenberg Hestetun''' (11 August 1877 – 11 September 1928) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the [[Liberal Party of Norway|Liberal Party]].

He was born at Hestetun in [[Øvre Årdal]] as a son of farmers Ola T. Hestetun (1843–1929) and Barbra P. Klingenberg (1841–1902). He attended primary school, and later [[Sogndal Folk High School]] in 1892–1893 and 1896–1897. From 1901 he took over the family farm.<ref name=nsd>{{cite web|url=http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=&lan=&MenuItem=N1_2&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11227|title=Per Klingenberg Hestetun|publisher=Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 May 2014}}</ref>

He served as mayor of [[Årdal]] municipality from 1908 to 1920 and 1923 to 1926. He took the initiative to establishing the local savings bank [[Årdal Sparebank]] in 1907.<ref name=nrk>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/1480224.html|title=Per Klingenberg Hestetun|encyclopedia=NRK Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesleksikon|publisher=[[NRK]]|language=Norwegian|accessdate=10 May 2014}}</ref> He was a board member here from 1912 to 1926.<ref name=nsd/>

He served as a deputy representative to the [[Parliament of Norway]] during the term 1919&ndash;1921,<ref name=nrk/> as the running mate of [[Sjur Torleifsen Næss]],<ref>{{stort18}}</ref> and was elected as a regular representative from [[Sogn og Fjordane]] in [[1921 Norwegian parliamentary election|1921]], [[1924 Norwegian parliamentary election|1924]] and [[1927 Norwegian parliamentary election|1927]].<ref name=nsd/> He served until his death in September 1928, sustained by a fall at his farm.<ref name=nrk/> As he was the second candidate on the ballot (Liberal won two seats), he was replaced by the third candidate [[Jakob Mathias Antonson Lothe]].<ref>{{stort27}}</ref>

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[[Category:1877 births]]
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[[Category:People from Årdal]]
[[Category:20th-century Norwegian farmers]]
[[Category:Liberal Party (Norway) politicians]]
[[Category:Mayors of places in Sogn og Fjordane]]
[[Category:Accidental deaths from falls]]
[[Category:Accidental deaths in Norway]]
[[Category:Members of the Storting 1922–1924]]
[[Category:Members of the Storting 1925–1927]]
[[Category:Members of the Storting 1928–1930]]


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