Ivar Ytreland

Who is Ivar Ytreland?

Ivar Ytreland was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born in Ålesund, and started a maritime career here. After the Second World War he worked, among others, as a trapper and hunter in Greenland. In 2010 he issued the memoirs Polarminner. In the 1960s he surveyed Svalbard geologically for the company Norsk Polar Navigasjon. He later became chief executive of Trolla Brug and Norsk Vikingolje.

He was a member of Trondheim city council and county mayor of Sør-Trøndelag from 1980 to 1991. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Sør-Trøndelag during the term 1973–1977. In total he met during 35 days of parliamentary session.

He was decorated with the King's Medal of Merit in gold. He lived in Drøbak in his later life, and died in December 2012.