Torgeir Vraa

Torgeir Tarjei Olavsson Vraa (16 May 1868 – 21 June 1934) was a Norwegian educator, newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.

From 17 May 1905, he was the first editor-in-chief of the newly established Labour Party newspaper Fremtiden in Drammen, where he contributed to defining local journalism as a genre.

[2] Vraa was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1906 for the constituency Strømsø og Tangen.

He prevailed in the second round of voting, having won the endorsement from the local Liberals who pulled their candidate.

[3] He did not join any splinter party in 1921 to 1923, but stayed in the Labour Party,[2] and gained a parliamentary seat in the elections 1924 and 1930, representing the constituency Market towns of Buskerud county (Drammen, Hønefoss and Kongsberg).