Karl Rygh

Karl Ditlev Rygh (7 June 1839 – 10 March 1915) was a Norwegian archaeologist and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born in Verdal, and was the brother of Evald og Oluf Rygh. He graduated as cand.philol. in 1863.[1] He was hired as a teacher at Trondheim Cathedral School in 1866, and worked as headmaster there from 1887 to 1899. From 1868 he was a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters;[2] he served as praeses of the organization from 1883 to 1897.[3] As an archaeologist Rygh specialized in Norway north of Dovrefjell, especially Trøndelag. When his brother Oluf died, Karl Ditlev Rygh helped finish his main work, the nineteen-volume Norske Gaardnavne.[1]

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1886, 1889 and 1892, representing the constituency of Trondhjem og Levanger. He had served as a deputy representative during the term 1883–1885.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rygh, Karl Ditlev". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
  2. ↑ Petersen, Gitte Høy. "Kampen for et moderne museum" (in Norwegian). Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  3. ↑ Bratberg, Terje (1996). "Vitenskapsselskapet". In Arntzen, Jon Gunnar (ed.). Trondheim byleksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. pp. 599–600. ISBN 82-573-0642-8.
  4. ↑ "Karl Ditlev Rygh" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 17 December 2008.
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