Sveinung O. Flaaten (born 11 February 1953) was a Norwegian lawyer, judge and politician for the Conservative Party.
From then until 1981, Flaaten concurrently lectured at the university while also working a parliamentary group secretary for the Conservative Party.
[1] Flaaten was given a leave of absence from his position as a judge to run for the mayoral office in the Norwegian local elections, 1991.
He eventually started voting Labour, and ultimately joined the party in 2010.
[3] Flaaten did not return as a district stipendiary magistrate, opting to become a law firm partner in Oslo in 1993.