Odd Steinar Holøs (8 April 1922 – 31 August 2001) was a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was born in

Rakkestad Rakkestad is a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rakkestad. It is divided into the parishes of Rakkestad, Degernes, and Os. The municipality is the county's second largest b ...

. From 1956 to 1957 he was the chairman of the

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, the youth wing of the Christian Democratic Party. He was elected to the

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from

Østfold Østfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in southeastern Norway. It borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other side o ...

in 1981, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1958–1961, 1961–1965, 1965–1969, 1969–1973, 1973–1977 and 1977–1981. He met as a regular representative in 1972 and 1973 meanwhile

Lars Korvald (29 April 1916 – 4 July 2006) was a Norway, Norwegian educator and school headmaster. He became associated with the Kristelig Folkeparti, Christian Democratic Party and was elected to the Norwegian Parliament. He served as the 27th prime minis ...

was Prime Minister. In 1963, during the short-lived cabinet Lyng, he was appointed State Secretary in the

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. On the local level, Holøs served as deputy mayor of

municipality from 1955 to 1967, and was a member of its executive committee during the term 1979–1983. Holøs did not have higher education. Outside politics he worked in newspapers among other things, as the editor-in-chief of '' Østfold Bygdeblad'' from 1945 to 1947 and 1957 to 1964 and a journalist in '' Vårt Land'' from 1946 to 1950.

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1922 births 2001 deaths People from Rakkestad Members of the Storting Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian state secretaries Østfold politicians Norwegian newspaper editors 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub