Syvert Tobiassen Messel
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Syvert Tobiassen Messel (22 July 1897 – 3 July 1978) was a Norwegian politician for the
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. He was elected to the
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from
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in 1950, but was not re-elected in 1954. Messel was born in
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and was involved in local politics in
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and its successor municipality
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, as well as Vest-Agder county council. He was deputy mayor of Oddernes from 1934 to 1945 and mayor from 1945 to 1964.


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* 1897 births 1978 deaths Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 1950–1953 {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub