Mikkel Sveinhaug (5 October 1873 – 18 August 1958) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Liberal Left Party.
He was born in Ringsaker as a son of farmers Johannes Furuberget and Anne Dobloug. He took education at Jønsberg Agricultural School in 1897, and owned the farm Sveinhaug in Ringsaker since 1907.[1]
He was a member of Ringsaker municipal council for many years.[1] He was a central board member of the Liberal Left Party from 1918 to 1923.[2] He issued the small book Blandkorn fra Oplandene in 1927 and was a prolific writer in the liberal and conservative press, especially on agriculture in addition to politics.[1] He contributed to Hamar Stiftstidende for over sixty years, and also wrote local history.[3][4]
He died in August 1958.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1948). "Sveinhoug, Mikkel". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 518. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ Carstens, Svein (1987). Det Frisinnede Venstre 1909–1927 (in Norwegian). Trondheim: University of Trondheim.
- ^ a b "Dødsfall". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 19 August 1958. p. 12.
- ^ "På vårvisitt hos Mikkel Sveinhoug". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 27 May 1938. p. 8.
  | This article about a Norwegian politician born in the 1870s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |