Gunnar Stavseth

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Gunnar Stavseth (born 2 April 1943) is a Norwegian journalist and politician for the Conservative Party.

His father, Reidar Stavseth was editor-in-chief of different newspapers through his career, and so Gunnar grew up in Trondheim, Bodø, Porsgrunn, and Tønsberg. His father too was a politician for the Conservative Party. Gunnar Stavseth graduated as cand.mag. from the University of Oslo, and later became a journalist in Adresseavisen and Aftenposten . [1] He was later chief editor of Norges Industri, a magazine published by the Federation of Norwegian Industries, and of the Conservative Party Press Office (Høyres Pressebyrå). [2]

While a student, Gunnar Stavseth was for a period chairman of the Conservative Students' Association, vice chair of Norwegian Students' Society and member of the editorial board of Minerva , a conservative magazine. [2]

He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag during the term 1969–1973. In total he met during 20 days of parliamentary session. [3]

He resides in Grav. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Halvorsen, Stein (2 April 2008). "Kunnskapsrik pressemann". Asker og Bærums Budstikke (in Norwegian).
  2. 1 2 3 Birthday notice at turning 75 in Aftenposten 3 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Gunnar Stavseth" (in Norwegian). Storting.



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