Ivar Ytreland (4 April 1926 – 27 December 2012) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the

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. Born to a fisherman's family in Kristiansund, he was raised in Ålesund, and started a maritime career here. After the Second World War he worked, among others, as a trapper and hunter in

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. In 2010 he issued the memoirs ''Polarminner''. In the 1960s he surveyed

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geologically for the company

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. He later became chief executive of Trolla Brug and Norsk Vikingolje. He was a member of

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city council and county mayor () of

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from 1980 to 1991. He served as a deputy representative to the

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from Sør-Trøndelag during the term 1973–1977. In total he met during 35 days of parliamentary session. He was decorated with the

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. He lived in

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in his later life, and died in December 2012.Death announcement
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1926 births 2012 deaths Politicians from Ålesund Norwegian hunters Norwegian businesspeople in the oil industry Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Trondheim Deputy members of the Storting Chairmen of County Councils of Norway Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold Norwegian memoirists People from Frogn {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub