Reidar Magnus Aamo
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Reidar Magnus Aamo was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
Norwegian Labour Party
The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

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He was born in Os
Os, Hedmark
Os is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Os i Østerdalen. The new municipality of Os was separated from Tolga on 1 July 1926...

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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark
Hedmark
is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of Østlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It includes a long part of the borderline with Sweden, Dalarna County and Värmland County. The...

 in 1950, and was re-elected on three occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative in the period 1945–1949, during which he served as a regular representative meanwhile Kristian Fjeld
Kristian Fjeld
Kristian Fjeld was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Agriculture from 1945 to 1951.Fjeld comes from Vestre Toten, Oppland, but it was as a local politician for Stange and as a member of the parliament for Hedmark that he made his contributions to Norwegian...

 was appointed to the second cabinet Gerhardsen.

On the local level, Aamo was also involved in local politics in Tolga
Tolga, Norway
Tolga is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tolga....

 and Os
Os, Hedmark
Os is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Os i Østerdalen. The new municipality of Os was separated from Tolga on 1 July 1926...

 municipalities, both before and after the Second World War.

Outside of politics, he was a farmer and miner before becoming editor-in-chief of Arbeidets Rett
Arbeidets Rett
Arbeidets Rett is a local newspaper published in Røros, Norway. It was first published as Mauren on 16 January 1907, but has been published under the current name since 4 January 1912. The newspaper is owned by A-Pressen, and had a circulation of 8441 in 2007....

from 1932 to 1941. At that point he returned to farming.
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