Olav Jørgen Sæter

Olav Jørgen Sæter was a Norwegian schoolteacher, newspaper editor and politician.

Biography

Sæter was born in Elverum Municipality on 26 November 1884, to farmer Oluf Sæter and Jøran Hvarstad. In 1914 he married Inga Holen.
From 1903 to 1915, and from 1933, he worked as schoolteacher in Dovre and Elverum.
He edited the newspaper Østerdalens Sosialdemokrat from 1915 to 1932, and served as mayor of Elverum from 1931 to 1940.
He was elected representative to the Storting for six consecutive periods. The first period ran from 1922-1924, while his last period took place from 1937-1945, for the Labour Party. In the Storting, he chaired the railway committee between 1928 and 1930, and was subsequently a board member of the Norwegian State Railways.