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Svein Olsen Øraker (10 August 1886 in
Vestre Slidre Vestre Slidre is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Slidre. Other villages in Vestre Slidre include Lomen and Røn. ...
– 27 September 1963) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was elected to the
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from the
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in 1937, and was re-elected on one occasion. He previously served as deputy representative during the terms 1922–1924, 1925–1927, 1928–1930, 1931–1933 and 1934–1936. Øraker was much involved in local politics. He served in
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city council as deputy mayor in 1916–1917 and mayor in 1918. He then held various positions in
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city council from 1922 to 1945, serving as deputy mayor in 1922–1924, 1928 and 1937–1939 and mayor in 1927, 1928–1930 and 1945–1947. Outside politics Øraker worked with education. Between 1907 and 1947 he was a teacher in
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,
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, Hammerfest and Levanger. From 1949 to 1956 he was the school director of
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, after being acting school director from 1947 to 1949.


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* 1886 births 1963 deaths People from Vestre Slidre Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of Hammerfest Mayors of places in Nord-Trøndelag Norwegian educators 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub