Arne Nævra (born 7 December 1953) is a Norwegian

photographer A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographers As in other ...

and politician.

Biography

Nævra was born in

Øvre Eiker Øvre Eiker is a municipality in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Eiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hokksund. The old municipal ...

. He was elected representative to the Storting from

Buskerud Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Ha ...

for the period 2017–2021 for the Socialist Left Party. Nævra has studied biology and ecology at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

, and is a

nature photographer Nature photography is a wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures. Nature photography tends to put a stronger emphasis o ...

and film producer by profession. His books include ''Norske Rovdyr'' from 1997, ''Dyrene på Langedrag'' from 2001, and ''Villdyr og Villmark'' from 2010. He was awarded ''Friluftslivets Hederspris'' in 2013.

References

1953 births Living people People from Øvre Eiker Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Buskerud politicians University of Oslo alumni Norwegian photographers Nature photographers {{Norway-politician-1950s-stub