Per Rolf Sævik (born 15 December 1940) is a

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fisher, ship-owner and politician for the

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. He was born in

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as a son of fisher Arthur Sævik (1910–1976) and housewife Magda Steinsvik (1915–2003). He worked as a fisher since 1955. In 1981 he returned to land as manager of Sævik Supply I and Sævik Supply II. Between 1993 and 2006 he was the chief executive of Sævik Supply Management I, Sævik Supply, Havila Supply, Havtank and Havyard. After 2006 he served as chairman of Havyard. He was a member of Herøy

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from 1971 to 1979 and 1983 to 1989, serving as mayor of Herøy from 1987 to 1989. He served as a deputy representative to the

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in the periods 1977–1981, 1981–1985 and 1985–1989. He was then elected in

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from

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, and served through one term. For his first year he was a member of the

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. He then switched to the Standing Committee on Local Government and the Environment and the Standing Committee on Scrutiny. In the latter he served as deputy chair from 1990 to 1993. He chaired Søre Sunnmøre Kraftlag from 1989 to 1995 (board member since 1987), Kredittbanken from 1993 to 1999, the

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from 2004 to 2006 and the

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, and was a deputy board member of the

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from 1985 to 1990. In the fishing industry he chaired from 1972 to 1975 (board member since 1970), the

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from 1979 to 1983 (board member since 1977) and was a national board member of the Norges Fiskarlag 1980 to 1982. In the

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he was a board member from 1988 to 1989 and president from 1996 to 1998. He was also active in the

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and Blue Cross. In 2012 he was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saevik, Per Rolf 1940 births Living people Norwegian fishers Norwegian businesspeople in shipping Members of the Storting Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Møre og Romsdal 20th-century Norwegian politicians