Nils Erik Flakstad was a Norwegian businessperson and 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 born in Åmot

Åmot

Åmot is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rena...

 as the son of a businessman. His maternal grandfather was Nils Jønsberg

Nils Jønsberg

Nils Jønsberg was a Norwegian priest and politician.He was an elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1842, representing the constituency of Finmarkens Amt, which at that time consisted of both Finnmark and Troms. He sat through only one term....

. He finished his secondary education in Hamar

Hamar

is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849...

 in 1894, enrolled in law studies and graduated as cand.jur. in 1899. He worked in Moss

Moss, Norway

is a coastal city and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Moss. The city of Moss was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

 for two years before being hired as an attorney in Hamar in 1901. He was then CEO of the local savings bank from 1911 to 1931, and CEO of the local brewery from 1921 to 1937. From 1927 he was a member of the board of employers' organisation Norwegian Brewers as well as of Vinmonopolet

Vinmonopolet

Vinmonopolet , symbolized by Ⓥ and colloquially shortened to Polet, is a government owned alcoholic beverage retailer and the only company allowed to sell beverages containing an alcohol content higher than 4.75% in Norway....

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Flakstad was a member of Hamar city council from 1919 to 1922 and 1928 to 1931. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1922 and 1925, representing the Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland counties

Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland counties

The Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland counties was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns of Hamar and Kongsvinger in Hedmark county and Lillehammer and Gjøvik in Oppland county....

. From 1926 to 1927 he was the President of the Lagting

Lagting

Lagting, literally "Law Ting", can refer to:*Lagting, the Parliament of Åland*Lagting, the former quasi-upper house of the parliament of Norway *Løgting, the parliament of the Faroe Islands...

. As such he chaired the Constitutional Court of the Realm during the impeachment

Impeachment (Norway)

In Norway, impeachment, also known as the Constitutional Court of the Realm , is a judicial process with the power to convict Members of Parliament, Members of the Council of State and Supreme Court Justices for criminal acts performed in line of duty. Impeachment is based on the Constitution of...

 case towards former Prime Minister Abraham Berge

Abraham Berge

Abraham Theodor Berge was a Norwegian politician representing Venstre, the social liberal party, and later Frisinnede Venstre, a right-of-centre party...

 and six of his cabinet members. All seven were found not guilty.

Flakstad also served as a delegate to the Inter-Parliamentary Union Congress in Paris, France in 1927.