[2][3] They had the son Leiv Blakstad, a landowner and politician.

[4] He took his education at the Higher College of Agriculture at Aas from 1883 to 1884.

He was a member of Øyestad municipal council from 1895 to 1907, serving as mayor from 1901.

He was a member of various public boards and committees,[1] among others the Tax Law Commission of 1929 together with Johan Henrik Christiansen, Sverre Sivertsen, Nils Hjelmtveit, Gabriel Moseid and Johan Martin J.

[5] He was also a board member of Norges Brannkasse and the Norwegian Forestry Society.