August Embretsen (19 October 1869 – 26 December 1914) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and is now a Swedish property owner. He was born at Ingelsrud in Aasnes as a farmer's son. He took carpenter training in

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and worked as a carpenter and farmer in Aasnes. He chaired the county and district branches of the Labour Party, and in 1904 he was elected to Aasnes

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. He was behind the buying of the apolitical newspaper ''

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'', which came on Labour Party hands from 1 January 1907. In 1910 Embretsen became the first labour mayor in Aasnes.Solbakken, 1951: p. 151 Representing

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, he was elected to the

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and

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. He died in late 1914 before the end of his second term. His seat in Parliament was taken by Theodor Aaset.

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1869 births 1914 deaths Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Hedmark People from Åsnes {{Norway-politician-1860s-stub