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About Odd Torgeir Rusten
- Odd Torgeir Rusten (27 February 1925 – 1 February 2009) was a Norwegian smallholder and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Tynset as a son of smallholder Magne Rusten (1901–1987) and homeworker Kjellfrid Øverby (1902–1935).
- He took agricultural school from 1947 to 1949 and was a smallholder at the family farm from 1952 to 1982, when his son took over.
- He chaired the county branch of the Norwegian Farmers and Smallholders Union from 1979 to 1986, having been a board member from 1974 to 1979 and chaired the local branch from 1957 to 1969.
- Public posts include the county board of agriculture from 1975 to 1991, being chairman for the last ten years.
- He was also a lay judge in Østerdal District Court.He chaired his local Labour Party branch in Brydalen from 1972 to 1997.
- He was a member of Tynset municipal council from 1963 to 1965, 1967 to 1971 and 1975 to 1977.
- He was a member of Hedmark county council from 1983 to 1991, having been a deputy member from 1975 to 1983.
- He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Hedmark during the terms 1977–1981 and 1981–1985.
- From 1977 to February 1981 he met as a regular representative, covering for Odvar Nordli who was a member of Bratteli's Second Cabinet and Prime Minister in Nordli's Cabinet.
- Rusten was a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, and in total he met during 3 years and 210 days of parliamentary session.
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