Knut Ytre-Arne was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party

Venstre (Norway)

The Liberal Party is a centrist liberal political party in Norway. The party is the oldest in the country, and has enacted reforms such as parliamentarism, freedom of religion, universal suffrage and free education. Since 2010, the leader of the party is Trine Skei Grande...

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He was born in Haus

Haus, Norway

Haus is a village and a former municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.The village is located at the south-western costline of the Osterøy island, at the Sørfjorden fiord....

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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland

Hordaland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...

 in 1950, and was re-elected on three occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative in the period 1945–1949, but toward the end of this term, representative Nils Tveit

Nils Tveit

Nils Tveit was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hordaland in 1945, but died shortly before the end of the term. He was replaced by Knut Ytre-Arne...

 died and was replaced by Ytre-Arne as a regular representative.

Ytre-Arne was deputy mayor of Fana

Fana

Fana is a borough of the city of Bergen, Norway.-History:Prior to 1972, Fana was an independent municipality which territory also included today's boroughs of Ytrebygda, Fyllingsdalen, and the southernmost part of Årstad.-Geography:...

municipality in the periods 1945–1947, 1947–1951 and 1951–1955.