Arne Eidsmo was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

He hailed from Tromsø

Tromsø

Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...

, and for 42 years he was the regional director of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise is an employers' organisation in Norway with more than 16,000 members.It was founded in 1989 as a merger of the Federation of Norwegian Industries, the Norwegian Employers' Confederation and the Federation of Norwegian Craftsmen..The president is Kristin...

 in Northern Norway. He retired in April 2011. He also served as State Secretary

State Secretary (Norway)

In Norway, a State Secretary is a partisan political position within the executive branch of government. Contrary to the position Secretary of State in many other countries, the Norwegian State Secretary does not head his or her Ministry, rather, they are second in rank to a Minister...

 in the Ministry of Fisheries from 1989 to 1990, in Syse's Cabinet. Eidsmo was also a freemason, since 1967, and the last two years of his life he was a "Provincial Master" in the organization. He died in October 2011 at the University Hospital of North Norway following short-term illness.