Sveinung O. Flaaten was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party

Conservative Party of Norway

The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...

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He was born in Hitterdal.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Telemark

Telemark

is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...

 in 1961, but died before one year of his term had passed. He was replaced by Didrik Cappelen.

Flaaten was previously deputy mayor of Heddal

Heddal

Heddal is a village and parish in Notodden municipality in Telemark County, Norway.- History :The parish of Hitterdal was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . Notodden was separated from Heddal both as a city and a municipality of its own, in 1913. Heddal was subsequently merged with...

municipality in 1959–1960, and mayor in 1960–1961.

Outside of politics, he worked as a school teacher and a farmer.