Adolph Kvam

{{Short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Adolph Kvam

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|office1 = Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from district 21A

|term_start1 = January 4, 1983

|term_end1 = January 5, 1987

|predecessor1 = Dean Johnson

|successor1 = Steve Dille

|office2 = Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from district 22A

|term_start2 = January 2, 1973

|term_end2 = January 3, 1983

|predecessor2 = Eugene Allison Smith

|successor2 = Robert O. McEachern

|office3 = Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from district 16B

|term_start3 = January 3, 1967

|term_end3 = January 1, 1973

|predecessor3 = District created

|successor3 = Bernard Brinkman

|birth_name = Adolph Leonard Kvam

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|11|30}}

|birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|9|17|1917|11|30}}

|death_place = Bloomington, Minnesota

|party = Republican

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Adolph Leonard Kvam (November 30, 1917 – September 17, 2006) was an American politician who served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1967 to 1987.{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/daily-journal-apr-15-1975-p-4/ |title=Daily Journal Newspaper Archives, Apr 15, 1975, p. 4 |publisher=Newspaperarchive.com |date=1975-04-15 |accessdate=2019-05-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?id=10353 |title=Kvam, Adolph Leonard |publisher=Leg.state.mn.us |date= |accessdate=2019-05-01}}

Kvam was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated from Willmar High School, in Willmar, Minnesota. Kvam served in the United States Army during World War. Kvam lived with his wife and family in Litchfield, Minnesota. Kvam was an automobile dealer in Litchfield, Minnesota. He served on the Litchfield City Planning Board and on the Litchfield School Board. He graduated from University of Minnesota with a degree in agriculture business and agricultural economics. He died on September 17, 2006, in Bloomington, Minnesota at age 88.{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=adolph-leonard-kvam&pid=19291815 |title=Adolph Kvam Obituary - Hartford, CT | Hartford Courant |publisher=Legacy.com |date= |accessdate=2019-05-01}}

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