Oddbjørn Snøfugl (2 October 1941 – 14 December 2022) was a Norwegian school principal politician for the Centre Party. He grew up in

Buvika Buvika is a village in the municipality of Skaun in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Gaulosen, an arm of the Trondheimsfjord, about southwest of the mouth of the Gaula River. Buvika lies along the European route E39, ...

at the Snøfugl farm. Not wanting a career as a farmer, he took the

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at Orkdal landsgymnas, tried working as a teacher in

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and enrolled at the Norwegian Teachers' College. He graduated in 1971 with the cand.philol. degree, his graduate thesis in English being ''Edward Albee's play Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse Tung: an analysis''. Snøfugl was hired as a teacher at Støren Secondary School, later Støren Upper Secondary School. In 1984 he was hired as headmaster of

Melhus Upper Secondary School Melhus is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Melhus. Other villages include Gåsbakken, Hovin, Korsvegen, Kvål, Ler, Lunda ...

. He was recruited to

Vinstra Upper Secondary School Vinstra is a town in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality. The town is located in the Gudbrandsdalen valley, at the confluence of the Gudbrandsdalslågen river and th ...

as headmaster in 1992. Moving to Lillehammer, he also worked in

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as school director and vice chief administrative officer. Following the

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, Snøfugl was elected mayor of

Midtre Gauldal Midtre Gauldal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Støren. Other villages in the municipality include Singsås, Soknedal, Enodden ...

. He edged out Labour's Inge Grav with a 18–16 vote between the members of the

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. After a four-year term he stepped down and was replaced by partyfellow Anders Storrøsæter. He served as a deputy representative to the

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from

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...

during the term 1969–1973. In total he met during 6 days of parliamentary session. After retiring, Snøfugl wrote three books, one of them about a missionary in India, Johan Ofstad. Snøfugl also spent two years editing the

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yearbook ''Gauldalsminne''. He resided in

Støren is the administrative centre of Midtre Gauldal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located in the Gauldalen valley at the confluence of the rivers Gaula and ''Sokna''. Støren is located on the European route E06 highway, ...

References

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