Eindride Sommerseth

Eindride Sommerseth (21 March 1918 – 21 May 2010) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.

He was born in Meløy. In his early career he was a mechanic for the Norwegian State Railways in Grong and Mosjøen. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, he fled to the United Kingdom where he underwent training as a tank mechanic, and also military training in England and Iceland.[1]

After the war he was stationed in the Norwegian Armed Forces until 1948, when he took a mechanics job at Norsk Hydro in Glomfjord. He headed the trade union there from 1961 to 1971, and during this time he was also a national board member of the Norwegian Union of Chemical Industry Workers. He served as an elected member of Meløy municipal council from 1963 to 1968 and 1971 to 1975.[1]

He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Nordland during the terms 1965–1969, 1969–1973 and 1973–1977. From January to October 1972 he met as a regular representative, covering for Magnus Andersen who was a member of Bratteli's First Cabinet. From 1973 to 1977 he covered for Eivind Bolle who was a member of Bratteli's Second Cabinet. During this full term he was a member of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications.[1]