Rolf Sæther (born 20 May 1937) is a

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shipping executive and writer. He graduated with the cand.jur. degree from the

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in 1964. After some years as deputy judge in

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and civil servant in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, he was hired in the

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in 1968. He spent the rest of his career there, peaking at the position of chief executive from 1992 to 2002. He had then been director of international relations since 1980 and vice chief executive since 1985. He has chaired Folketrygdfondet from 2002 to 2006 as well as the Norwegian Jockey Club, Norsk Rikstoto and the exclusive

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s' society Bibliofilklubben. In 2009, he made a name as a non-fiction writer, when he released the book ''Tusen dager'' together with Jo Stein Moen. The book chronicles Norwegian involvement in the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, link ...

. The duo followed with ''Krigen som skapte et bibliotek'', issued in 2011 by the Labour Movement Archive and Library, an essay book on the bibliography of the Spanish Civil War. In 2002, he was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav. He resides in Huk.

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1937 births Living people University of Oslo alumni Norwegian businesspeople in shipping Norwegian non-fiction writers Historians of the Spanish Civil War Norwegian bibliophiles {{Norway-business-bio-stub