Karl Ditlev Rygh
_(cropped).jpg){kind=link}
Karl Ditlev Rygh (7 June 1839 – 10 March 1915) was a Norwegian archaeologist and politician for the Conservative Party.
He was born in Verdal Municipality, and was the brother of Evald and 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
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Pages with script errors
- Pages with broken file links
- 1839 births
- 1915 deaths
- Norwegian archaeologists
- Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
- Politicians from Trondheim
- Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
- People from Verdal
- Members of the Storting 1892–1894
- Members of the Storting 1889–1891
- Members of the Storting 1886–1888
- Members of the Storting 1883–1885
- 1830s birth stubs