Robert Sæther | |
Birth Date: | 6 October 1875 |
Birth Place: | Valsøyfjord, Norway |
Occupation: | Schoolteacher Newspaper editor Politician |
Robert Sæther (6 October 1875 - 31 March 1956) was a Norwegian schoolteacher, newspaper editor and politician.
He was born in Valsøyfjord to farmer Johan Sæther and Ellen Valsø. As a local politician, Sæther was elected member of the city council of Kristiansund for nine periods between 1910 and 1945. He served as mayor of Kristiansund 1916 - 19, 1925 - 28, 1928 - 31 and 1931 - 34. He was elected representative to the Storting for the period 1937 - 1945, for the Conservative Party. During the German occupation of Norway he was removed from his job as school inspector and held a few weeks in the Vollan prison in 1944.[1]