Rudolf Falck Ræder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Kongsvinger, Hedmark, Norway
About Rudolf Falck Ræder
- Rudolf Falck Ræder (10 June 1881 – 5 August 1951) was a Norwegian military officer, engineer and politician for the Liberal Left Party. 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, and his paternal grandfather was a brother of Johan Christopher Ræder, 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 ETH Zurich from 1906 to 1907.
- He was a supervisor at the building of Nedre Lerfoss from 1908 to 1909, and was then hired in the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate 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 Fedrelandslaget, 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 in 1930, and was re-elected in 1933.
- 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, then Grini 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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