Knut Henriksen Dybsjord (24 April 1809 – 4 July 1866) was a
Norwegian
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politician,
Haugean
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lay minister and
temperance movement
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activist.
Dybsjord was born at
Hol
Hol is a municipality in Viken county, Norway.
Administrative history
The area of Hol was separated from the municipality Ã…l in 1877 to become a separate municipality. In 1937 a part of neighboring Uvdal with 220 inhabitants moved to Hol municip ...
in
Buskerud
Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardan ...
, Norway. During the 1830s, Dybsjord traveled in
Buskerud
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,
Valdres
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and in
West Norway
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preaching in the
Haugean
The Haugean movement or Haugeanism ( no, haugianere) was a Pietistic state church reform movement intended to bring new life and vitality into the Church of Norway which had been often characterized by formalism and lethargy. The movement empha ...
tradition (). He was elected mayor of
Ã…l
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and
Hol
Hol is a municipality in Viken county, Norway.
Administrative history
The area of Hol was separated from the municipality Ã…l in 1877 to become a separate municipality. In 1937 a part of neighboring Uvdal with 220 inhabitants moved to Hol municip ...
in
Hallingdal
Hallingdal ( en, Halling Valley) is a valley as well as a traditional district located in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud in Viken county in Norway. It consists of six municipalities: Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål and Hol.
Hal ...
in 1850. In 1854 he chaired the first missionary association in
Hol
Hol is a municipality in Viken county, Norway.
Administrative history
The area of Hol was separated from the municipality Ã…l in 1877 to become a separate municipality. In 1937 a part of neighboring Uvdal with 220 inhabitants moved to Hol municip ...
, and in 1860 he chaired the local
temperance league
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Founded in 1893 in Oberl ...
(). He died during 1866 and was buried at Hol Church () at
Hagafoss
Hagafoss is a small village in Hol municipality in Buskerud, Norway.
Hagafoss is located in upper Hallingdal where the road branches off towards Aurland along Norwegian county road 50 (Fv50). The main tourist attraction in the village is Hol Bygd ...
in Buskerud.
References
See also
* 1919 Norwegian prohibition referendum
1809 births
1866 deaths
People from Hol
Mayors of places in Buskerud
Norwegian Christian religious leaders
Norwegian Lutherans
Norwegian temperance activists
19th-century Lutherans
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