Alvestad
Alvestad is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anton Ludvig Alvestad (1883–1956), Norwegian politician and government minister * Olaus Alvestad (1866–1903), Norwegian educator and newspaper editor * Per Olav Alvestad Per is a Latin preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita. Per or PER may also refer to: Places * IOC country code for Peru * Pér, a village in Hungary * Chapman code for Perthshire, historic county in Scotland Math a ...

Olaus Alvestad
Peter Olaus Alvestad (21 January 1866 – 12 October 1903) was a Norwegian educator and newspaper editor. Born in Haram, he graduated from Asker Seminary in 1888. He worked as a teacher at several schools, including Sagatun Folk High School, until 1895 when he founded Voss Folk High School together with Lars Eskeland. In 1896 he bought the local newspaper ''Hordaland'', and became editor-in-chief. In 1898 he published the songbook A song book is a book containing lyrics for songs. Song books may be simple composition books or spiral-bound notebooks. Music publishers also produced printed editions for group singing. Such volumes were used in the United States by piano manu ... ''Norsk Songbok for Ungdomsskular og Ungdomslag'', which became very popular through the twentieth century. He left the folk high school in 1902, and died the next year. References 1866 births 1903 deaths Norwegian educators Norwegian newspaper editors People from Haram, Norway People from V ...
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Anton Ludvig Alvestad
Anton Ludvig Alvestad (7 May 1883 – 2 July 1956) was a Norwegian politician and government minister for the Labour Party. Born in Sula, Alvestad was a baker by profession, and owned his own bakery. He was also active in the temperance movement. An active labour politician from an early date, he was among the founding members of the Labour Party of Ålesund. Between 1920 and 1921 he was the first Labour mayor of the city. Elected to the Norwegian Storting for the first time in 1921, he was re-elected repeatedly up until his death in 1956. In 1928 he served as Minister of Trade in the short-lived cabinet of Christopher Hornsrud Christopher Andersen Hornsrud (15 November 1859 – 12 December 1960) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He served as leader of the Labour Party from 1903 to 1906 and became a member of the Storting in 1912. In 1928, he became the f .... This, the first Labour government of Norway, lasted less than a month, from 28 January to 15 February. ...
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