Eindride Sommerseth (21 March 1918 – 21 May 2010) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Meløy. In his early career he was a mechanic for the Norwegian State Railways in Grong and Mosjøen. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, he fled to the United Kingdom where he underwent training as a tank mechanic, and also military training in England and Iceland. After the war he was stationed in the Norwegian Armed Forces until 1948, when he took a mechanics job at Norsk Hydro in Glomfjord. He headed the trade union there from 1961 to 1971, and during this time he was also a national board member of the

Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers The Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers ( no, Norsk Kjemisk Industriarbeiderforbund, NKIF) was a trade union representing workers in the chemical industry in Norway. The union was founded in 1924, as a split from the Norwegian Union of G ...

. He served as an elected member of Meløy municipal council from 1963 to 1968 and 1971 to 1975. He served as a deputy representative to the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

from Nordland during the terms 1965–1969, 1969–1973 and 1973–1977. From January to October 1972 he met as a regular representative, covering for Magnus Andersen who was a member of Bratteli's First Cabinet. From 1973 to 1977 he covered for

Eivind Bolle Eivind Albin Andreas Bolle (13 October 1923 – 10 June 2012) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Hol. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1973, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had ...

who was a member of

Bratteli's Second Cabinet Bratteli's Second Cabinet governed Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. ...

. During this full term he was a member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications.

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1918 births 2010 deaths People from Meløy Norwegian Army personnel of World War II Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom Labour Party (Norway) politicians Nordland politicians Members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub