Olav Jørgen Sæter Explained

Olav Jørgen Sæter
Birth Date:26 November 1884
Birth Place:Elverum, Norway
Office1:Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Constituency1:Hedmark
Term Start1:1921
Term End1:1945
Office2:Mayor of Elverum
Term Start2:1931
Term End2:1940

Olav Jørgen Sæter (26 November 1884  - 24 November 1951) was a Norwegian schoolteacher, newspaper editor and politician.

Biography

Sæter was born in Elverum on 26 November 1884, to farmer Oluf Sæter and Jøran Hvarstad. In 1914 he married Inga Holen (born 1887).

From 1903 to 1915, and from 1933, he worked as schoolteacher in Dovre and Elverum.

He edited the newspaper Østerdalens Sosialdemokrat from 1915 to 1932, and served as mayor of Elverum from 1931 to 1940.

He was elected representative to the Storting for six consecutive periods. The first period ran from 1922 - 1924, while his last period took place from 1937 - 1945, for the Labour Party.[1] In the Storting, he chaired the railway committee between 1928 and 1930, and was subsequently a board member of the Norwegian State Railways.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biografier. Olav Jørgen Sæter . Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste . Norwegian . 29 January 2018 .