Rudolf Falck Ræder (10 June 1881 – 5 August 1951) was a Norwegian military officer, engineer and politician for the

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. He was born in Kongsvinger as a son of military captain Severin Henrik Ræder (1846–1904) og Thora Falck (1857–1947). He was a great-grandson of

Abraham Falk Muus Abraham Falk Muus (1789 – ??) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from the constituency Hedemarkens Amt. He was a district stipendiary magistrate there. He served one term, in 1830. He was a great- ...

, and his paternal grandfather was a brother of

Johan Christopher Ræder Johan Christopher Ræder (21 March 1859 – 28 February 1943) was a Norwegian military officer. He was born in Nes, Buskerud as a son of Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder and Hanna Scheel. He was a brother of Anton Henrik Ræder, a grandson of Johan ...

, Nicolai Ditlev Amund Ræder, Johan Philip Thomas Ræder and Jacob Thode Ræder. Hence he was also a great-grandson of Johan Georg Ræder. He finished school at ''Aars og Voss'' in 1901, and was a military officer from 1902 (he reached the rank of Premier Lieutenant in 1914). He worked in engineering and construction before studying at

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from 1906 to 1907. He was a supervisor at the building of Nedre Lerfoss from 1908 to 1909, and was then hired in the

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in 1909. From 1917 to 1931 he worked with electricity works, and from 1931 to 1938 he had his own consulting firm. He was involved in

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, and joined the Liberal Left Party. He was a board member in the Trondheim branch from 1930 to 1933, deputy central board member of the party from 1930 to 1933 and deputy chairman from 1933 to 1936. He was a member of Trondheim city council from 1931 to 1937. He was elected to the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) 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 bas ...

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, and was re-elected in

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. He represented the Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag counties. On 1 January 1939 he was appointed as chief administrative officer in Trondheim. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was fired on 31 January 1941. He was expelled from Trondheim on 15 February 1941. He was arrested on 2 March 1943 and was imprisoned in Vollan,

Falstad '', '' no, Falstad fangeleir'', construction=1895-1910 Falstad concentration camp (Norwegian language, Norwegian: ''Falstad fangeleir'', German language, German: ''SS-Strafgefangenenlager Falstad'') was situated in the village of Ekne in what was ...

, then

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from 8 May 1944 to 13 March 1945, then in Mysen until Germany's capitulation. He died in August 1951, and was buried in Ullern.

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