Robert Sæther

Robert Sæther
Born (1875-10-06)6 October 1875
Valsøyfjord, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Occupation Schoolteacher
Newspaper editor
Politician

Robert Sæther (6 October 1875 ) 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 191619, 192528, 192831 and 193134. He was elected representative to the Storting for the period 19371945, 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]

References

  1. "Biografier 1905-1945. Robert Sæther" (in Norwegian). Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
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