# Cato Andreas Sverdrup

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**Cato Andreas Sverdrup** (9 April 1896 – 9 April 1948) was a Norwegian politician for the [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Norway).

He was born in [Flakstad Municipality](/source/Flakstad_Municipality) in [Lofoten](/source/Lofoten). He and his brother ran a fish export company *S. & C. Sverdrup*, inherited from their father, in the village of [Reine](/source/Reine). From 1942 to 1945, during the [German occupation of Norway](/source/German_occupation_of_Norway), Sverdrup did service in the [Royal Norwegian Navy](/source/Royal_Norwegian_Navy); reaching the rank of [Captain Lieutenant](/source/Captain_Lieutenant).

He was elected to the [Norwegian Parliament](/source/Storting) from [Nordland](/source/Nordland_(Storting_constituency)) in 1937, and was re-elected on one occasion. Three years into the latter term, he died and was replaced by [Kristian Johan Bodøgaard](/source/Kristian_Johan_Bod%C3%B8gaard). Sverdrup had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1931–1933.

He was a member of the national party board from 1930 to his death, and of its central committee from 1934.

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