10 Facts About Jon Sundby

Jon Sundby was the great-grandfather of the Olympic Champion Siren Sundby.

Jon Sundby graduated state school in 1900, where he continued his education at Sem landbruksskole in Asker where he graduated in 1903.

Jon Sundby was a board member of the Party of Agriculture from 1928 to 1945, and represented the party in Vestby for two periods.

Jon Sundby was a member of the parliament from 1922 to 1945.

Jon Sundby was initially unwilling to become a council of the state, but gave in due to an ultimatum from Peder Kolstad when he was the Minister of Agriculture in 1931.

Jon Sundby was pivotal in developing the Norwegian subsidy schemes of agriculture.

In parallel to his political career Jon Sundby had central positions of trust in the organizations of agriculture.

Jon Sundby was at the board of directors of the Norges Bank from 1938 to 1944, and continued for some more years after the war.

Jon Sundby was a clever academic- and political writer, and he was the author behind many books questioning and discussing agricultural concerns.

Jon Sundby wrote several articles within academic- and the daily press, especially as a member of staff in Tidens Tegn and Nationen.