j ær li ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁K rog nes ▁in ▁the ▁former ▁municipality ▁of ▁V als ø y f j ord ▁in ▁M ø re ▁og ▁R oms dal ▁county , ▁Norway . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁far mer ▁and ▁ser ge ant ▁Est en ▁F j ær li ▁( 1 8 5 0 – 1 9 0 0 ) ▁and ▁Mar it ▁K rog nes ▁( 1 8 5 3 – 1 9 3 8 ). ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁the ▁officer , ▁writer , ▁and ▁politician ▁E yst ein ▁F j ær li . ▁ ▁F j ær li ▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁three - year ▁program ▁at ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁College ▁of ▁Agricult ure ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁and ▁spent ▁the ▁next ▁five ▁years ▁teaching ▁agricult ure . ▁From ▁ 1 9 1 6 ▁to ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁county ▁agricult ural ▁agent ▁for ▁M ø re ▁county . ▁On ▁January ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁State ▁Small hold ers ▁Te ach ers ▁School ▁at ▁H val stad ▁in ▁municipality ▁of ▁Ask er . ▁For ▁many ▁years , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁consistent ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁newsp apers ▁with ▁articles ▁on ▁agricult ure ▁and ▁politics . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁F j ær li ▁was ▁a ▁parliament ary ▁representative ▁for ▁M ø re . ▁During ▁his ▁first ▁three - year ▁term ▁he ▁represented ▁the