Nils Nilsson Skaar

Skaar was born at the Botnen farm at the head of the Fyksesund in Vikør Municipality (now called Kvam Municipality), the son of Nils Nilsson Skaar (1826–1909), also a mayor and parliamentary representative, and Blansa Nilsdotter Rykkje (1826–1908).^[2] His uncle Johannes Skaar (1828–1904) was a Norwegian bishop and hymnologist.^[3]

Skaar served as mayor for 20 years and had a permanent seat in the Storting for a total of 15 years (for Søndre Bergenhus from 1886 to 1894, and for Hardanger from 1910 to 1915), and he also participated in another two sessions. He was a member of the Liberal Party.^[1] In the Storting he served on the budget and constitution committees, among other positions. He also operated the newspaper Hordaland Folkeblad. Skaar was a county auditor from 1898 to 1910, and he attended the coronation of King Haakon VII and his wife Queen Maud in Trondheim in 1906.^[4]