Magnar Sætre (12 November 1940 – 5 December 2002) was a Norwegian

typographer Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing ( leading), an ...

and politician for the Labour Party.

Early years

He was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

as a son of principal Peder Sætre and Martha née Johannesen.

Early career

He underwent apprenticeship as a

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...

, finishing in 1965. After two years as a typographer in '' Haugesunds Dagblad'' he was hired in ''

Haugesunds Avis ''Haugesunds Avis'' is a daily newspaper published in Haugesund, Norway, but with branches in Bømlo, Kopervik, Odda, Sauda and Stord. Founded in 1895, it is today owned by the investment group Mecom Group, and is as such part of the media group ...

'' in 1968. He chaired the trade union branch in ''Haugesunds Avis'' from 1973 to 1983, and chaired the local Graphical Union from 1972 to 1973. Sætre served on the board of Haugesund Labour Party from 1972 to 1985, being chairman for the first two and the last two years.

Parliamentary career

Sætre was a member of

city council from 1971 to 1975, then the executive committee of

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...

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from 1975 to 1989. He served as a deputy representative in the

Parliament of Norway 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 ...

during the term 1985–1989, and was then elected as a full representative from

in 1989 and 1997.

References

1940 births 2002 deaths Trade unionists from Bergen People from Haugesund Norwegian typographers and type designers Labour Party (Norway) politicians Rogaland politicians Members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub