Brynjulv Sjetne [SEP] date of birth
Brynjulv Sjetne
Brynjulv Sjetne (25 May 1917 – 8 April 1976) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he established the Hedmark and Oppland chapter of XU, later called ØXU. He fled to Sweden in 1943, and worked as a Lieutenant at the Military Office at the Norwegian Legation in Stockholm. 
In 1965, during the fourth cabinet Gerhardsen, he was appointed state secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Labour. He served as a deputy representative to
from 1943 to 1945, assisting Brynjulv Sjetne, who was the leader of ØXU, the Eastern Norway chapter of the clandestine organization XU. Østhagen recruited several agents for ØXU, including his own father, who was stationmaster at Ådalsbruk Station. He also operated as a courier crossing the Norway–Sweden border several times.
Østhagen was a journalist for "Hamar Arbeiderblad" from 1945. He was a member of Elverum municipality council from 1945 to 1947. From 1947 to 1951 he was vice mayor of Elverum. He served as