Gabriel Aalgaard (9 September 1881 – 1973) was a Norwegian agriculturalist and politician. He was born in

Ålgård Ålgård (historic: ''Aalgaard'') is the administrative centre of Gjesdal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the European route E39 highway, about southeast of the Sandnes (town), city of Sandnes in the Jære ...

as a son of petty officer and farmer Ole Aalgaard (1848–1936) and Martha Ueland (1859–1915). He took petty officer training himself, graduating from officer school in 1903. He was a farmer from 1918, and in the military he reached the rank of Lieutenant in 1930. He was best known as the chairman of Norske Eggcentraler from 1929 to 1952 and board member of the Norwegian Poultry Association from 1926 to 1933. He was the deputy mayor of Gjestal from 1926 to 1931, and was later a

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...

member from 1935 to 1946. Together with Berta Serine Egeland (1895–1983), whom he married in 1920, he had one son, diplomat

Ole Ålgård Ole Ålgård (9 September 1921 – 26 January 1995) was a Norwegian diplomat. Early life He was born in Gjesdal as a son of farmer and petty officer Gabriel Aalgaard (1881–1973) and Berta Serine Egeland (1895–1983). He finished his secondary ...

, which both share the same birthday.

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1881 births 1973 deaths People from Gjesdal Norwegian farmers Rogaland politicians 20th-century farmers {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub