Einar Normann Rasmussen
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Einar Normann Rasmussen (22 August 1907 – 14 August 1975) was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician for the
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. He was born in
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as a son of a shipmaster, but moved to
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where he started his career as an office clerk in Christianssands Skibsassuranceforening from 1923 to 1936. In 1931 he took the
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as a privata candidate at
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. From 1936 he was a ship-owner.''Studentene fra 1931'' (1956), p. 305 (in Norwegian). He served as a deputy representative to the
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from
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during the terms 1954–1957 and 1958–1961. In total he met during 31 days of parliamentary session. He was a member of Kristiansand city council from 1945 to 1955. He was decorated with the
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1907 births 1975 deaths Norwegian businesspeople in shipping Politicians from Kristiansand Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Deputy members of the Storting {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub