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to farmer Johan Sæther and Ellen Valsø. As a local politician, Sæther was elected member of the city council of

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for nine periods between 1910 and 1945. He served as mayor of Kristiansund 1916–19, 1925–28, 1928–31 and 1931–34. He was elected representative to the

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for the period 1937–1945, for the

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. During the

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he was removed from his job as school inspector and held a few weeks in the

Vollan prison Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most pop ...

in 1944.

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1875 births 1956 deaths Norwegian schoolteachers Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Møre og Romsdal Vollan concentration camp survivors {{Norway-politician-1870s-stub