Alf Staver, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alf Staver

Norwegian politician

Date of Birth: 20-Mar-1874

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1953

Profession: politician, Nordic combined skier

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Alf Staver

  • Alf Staver (20 March 1874 – 1953) was a Norwegian skier, sports official, educator and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born at Staver in Bærum as a son of farmers Christoffer Staver (1843–1929) and Maren Sørine Tanum (1848–1929).
  • He was both a first cousin and brother-in-law of farmer and mayor Olaf Bryn.
  • He finished his secondary education in 1894, finished training as a conscript officer in 1895, took a teacher's examination in 1896 and the Central School of Gymnastics in 1899.
  • From 1898 to 1915 he was a teacher at Kristiania borger- og realskole, and from 1915 to 1944 at Fagerborg School.
  • In the armed forces, he reached the ranks of Premier Lieutenant in 1902 and Captain in 1911.He was a member of Bærum municipal council from 1913 to 1928, serving the last three years as mayor and the years 1922 to 1925 as deputy mayor.
  • He returned to Bærum municipal council for two more terms from 1934 to 1940.
  • He was also a member of the school board, the Drammen Line supervisory board and numerous other councils.
  • He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1930 from the constituency Akershus, but only served as a deputy representative during the next term; 1934–1936.Staver was an active Nordic combined skier during his youth.
  • His first prize was a sixth prize in ski jumping in Solbergbakken in 1888.
  • In 1893 he won the ski jumping contest in Solbergbakken, and in 1894 he won the ski jump for youth in the Holmenkollen ski festival.
  • In the national competitions he took fourth places in Drammen and Solbergrennet in 1896, and a third place in Nydalsrennet in 1899.
  • He chaired the skiing club Bærums SK from 1900 to 1904, in 1906 and 1919 to 1920, and was a board member of the Norwegian Ski Federation from 1908 to 1911.He was also a board member of the newspaper Asker og Bærums Budstikke after the political takeover in 1913.
  • He chaired the development society Bærums Sogneselskap from 1930 to 1938, and received honorary membership here.
  • He died in 1953.

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