politician member of the Parliament of Norway
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Møre og Romsdal in 1954, and was re-elected on three occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative in the periods 1945–1949 and 1950–1953. Sæterøy was mayor of Surnadal municipality in the periods 1945–1947, 1947–1951 and 1951–1955.