Arnfinn Severin Roald (26 June 1914 – 16 January 1983) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Vigra Vigra is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county on the west coast of Norway. The municipality existed from 1890 until its dissolution in 1964 when it was merged into the present-day Giske Municipality. The former municipality was mad ...

. Roald, who belonged to

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

, was never elected directly to the Norwegian Parliament but served as a deputy representative in the periods 1945–1949, 1950–1953, 1954–1957 and 1958–1961. During the third term he was brought in as a replacement representative for Ulrik Olsen, who was appointed to the Cabinet at that time, after Olsen's original replacer

Peter Kjeldseth Moe Peter Kjeldseth Moe (18 May 1909 – 30 June 1973) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1958, and was re-elected on three occasions. He previously served as a dep ...

formally moved up in the line of succession to replace

Anton Ludvik Alvestad Anton Ludvig Alvestad (7 May 1883 – 2 July 1956) was a Norwegian politician and government minister for the Labour Party. Born in Sula, Alvestad was a baker by profession, and owned his own bakery. He was also active in the temperance movement ...

who died in July 1956. Roald sat through that term and then returned to serve in deputy position. On local level Roald was deputy mayor of

municipality in the period 1959–1963. Before and after this spell he served as a regular member of the municipality council in Vigra, and later in its successor municipality Giske. He retired from this position in 1975.

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* 1914 births 1983 deaths Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub