Cato Andreas Sverdrup (9 April 1896 – 9 April 1948) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in

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. He and his brother ran a fish export company ''S. & C. Sverdrup'', inherited from their father, in the village of

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. From 1942 to 1945, during the

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, Sverdrup did service in the

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; reaching the rank of

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. He was elected to the

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from

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in 1937, and was re-elected on one occasion. Three years into the latter term, he died and was replaced by Kristian Johan Bodøgaard. Sverdrup had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1931–1933. He was a member of the national party board from 1930 to his death, and of its central committee from 1934.

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1896 births 1948 deaths Conservative Party (Norway) politicians 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Royal Norwegian Navy personnel of World War II People from Flakstad Members of the Storting 1936–1945 Members of the Storting 1945–1949 {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub