Einar Sæter (6 December 1917 – 10 November 2010) was a Norwegian triple jumper, resistance member, newspaper editor and writer.

Nazi resistance efforts

Sæter was born in

Øksendal Øksendal is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1854 until its dissolution in 1960. It had one of the smallest municipal populations in Norway. It was located in the northern part of the pre ...

. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was a member of XU, a resistance organization. XU was an intelligence organization which focused on collecting static information about the German occupants. Reports were brought by couriers to the Norwegian legation in Stockholm. Sæter worked as courier for XU. He operated a direct route from Nordmøre to Sweden, via Tydal and Essandsjøen over to Endalsstugane and Blåhammarstugan in Sweden.

Career

Sæter won the silver medal in triple jump at the Norwegian athletics championships in 1946, representing Torshaug IF. His career best was 13.98 metres, achieved in June 1947 on Bislett stadion. In 1953 he won a national silver medal in the decathlon, this time representing IL i BUL. He edited the newspaper ''

Aura Avis ''Aura Avis'' is a Norwegian newspaper, based in Sunndalsøra. It was established in 1947 by Erling Innvik. Innvik edited the newspaper from 1947 to 1954, when he became editor of the Iowa-based ''Decorah-posten''. ''Aura Avis'' was then bought b ...

'' from 1954 to 1971, when he founded the newspaper '' Driva''. He was editor-in-chief here, and retired in 1988. He also wrote several books, and the best known book is ''XU. I hemmeleg teneste 1940–1945'', released in 1995. A second edition written with his son Svein Sæter came in 2007. Sæter also released ''Gullfeber. Norske gullgravarar i Klondike og Alaska'' in 1996, about Norwegian gold rush participants in Northern America, and ''Hans Hyldbakk. Samtale med ein 100-åring'' in 1998, about

Hans Hyldbakk Hans Hyldbakk (8 May 1898 – 18 August 2001) was a Norwegian poet and historian. He was born and died in Surnadal. As a writer he is best known for the song '' Vårsøg''. His poetry debut came in 1929 with ''Harpespel'', and his last iss ...

. In 2002 he was awarded The King's Medal of Merit in gold.

Personal life

Sæter was an uncle of Norwegian politician

Alv Jakob Fostervoll Alv Jakob Fostervoll (20 January 1932 – 15 June 2015) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as Norwegian Minister of Defence and Governor of Møre og Romsdal. Biography Fostervoll was born at Kristiansund in Møre og Romsd ...

. After a stroke he used a wheelchair in the last years of his life. He died in November 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saeter, Einar 1917 births 2010 deaths People from Sunndal XU Norwegian male triple jumpers Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian non-fiction writers Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold