Paul Svarstad (6 March 1917 – 3 April 1998) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in

Innvik Innvik is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1965. Innvik is located in the present-day Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, encompassing about the western third of th ...

. He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...

from

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; literally "Parish and the Fjords") was a Counties of Norway, county in western Norway, from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsda ...

in 1965, and was re-elected on one occasion. Svarstad was involved in local politics in

and its successor municipality

Stryn Stryn is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Counties of Norway, county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Nordfjord. The administrative center of the municipality is the vi ...

between 1952 and 1979, serving as deputy mayor of Innvik in the periods 1956–1959, 1959–1963, 1963–1964 and mayor of Stryn in 1975–1976. He had been a part of

Milorg Milorg (abbreviation of militær organisasjon – military organization) was the main Norwegian resistance movement during World War II. Resistance work included intelligence gathering, sabotage, supply-missions, raids, espionage, transport of ...

in 1943–1945.

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1917 births 1998 deaths Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 1969–1973 Members of the Storting 1965–1969 {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub

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