Alf Staver

Alf Staver (20 March 1874 – 1953) was a Norwegian skier, sports official, educator and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born at Staver in Bærum as a son of farmers Christoffer Staver (1843–1929) and Maren Sørine Tanum (1848–1929). He was both a first cousin and brother-in-law of farmer and mayor Olaf Bryn. He finished his secondary education in 1894, finished training as a conscript officer in 1895, took a teacher's examination in 1896 and the Central School of Gymnastics in 1899. From 1898 to 1915 he was a teacher at Kristiania borger- og realskole, and from 1915 to 1944 at Fagerborg School. In the armed forces, he reached the ranks of Premier Lieutenant in 1902 and Captain in 1911.

He was a member of Bærum municipal council from 1913 to 1928, serving the last three years as mayor and the years 1922 to 1925 as deputy mayor. He returned to Bærum municipal council for two more terms from 1934 to 1940. He was also a member of the school board, the Drammen Line supervisory board and numerous other councils. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1930 from the constituency Akershus, but only served as a deputy representative during the next term; 1934–1936.

He was also a board member of the newspaper Asker og Bærums Budstikke after the political takeover in 1913. He chaired the development society Bærums Sogneselskap from 1930 to 1938, and received honorary membership here. He died in 1953.