Paul Andreas Jetmundsen Aklestad (18 December 1837 – 21 May 1924) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
Born in Hjørundfjord, he worked as a teacher from 1854 to 1861, and then as a farmer in Hjørundfjord. He was also the director of the local savings bank, municipal treasurer and county auditor. He was a member of the Hjørundfjord municipal council from 1866 to 1910. He served as mayor for thirty years, although the exact years are unknown. For an unknown period he was a member of the county committee, a forerunner of the county council. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the constituency Romsdals Amt in 1889, and was re-elected on six consecutive occasions. His last term ended in 1909.[1] His foremost concern was that of public saving instead of expenditure, in the vein of Søren Jaabæk.[2]
In June 1861, he married Berte Johanne Olsdatter Skylstad (1840–1922), who hailed from a nearby farm in Hjørundfjord. They got several children.[3]
