Ivar Aarseth (5 October 1889 – 31 July 1972) was a Norwegian politician. He was born in

Veøy Veøy is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It initially consisted of all of the present-day Vestnes Municipality, as well as the southern part of Molde M ...

to farmers Knut Aarseth and Oline Horsgaard. He was elected representative to the

Storting 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 ...

for the periods 1925–1927, 1928–1930, 1934–1936 and 1937–1945, for the Labour Party. During the German occupation of Norway, he was imprisoned and held at the Berg internment camp from October 1944 to March 1945.

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1889 births People from Møre og Romsdal Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Berg concentration camp survivors Norwegian prisoners and detainees 1972 deaths {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub