Knut Markhus (7 November 1878 – 7 August 1963) was a Norwegian educator and politician. He was born in

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. He edited the newspaper ''

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'' from 1911 to 1913. In 1913 he founded the

folk high school Folk high schools (also ''Adult Education Center'', Danish: ''Folkehøjskole;'' Dutch: ''Volkshogeschool;'' Finnish: ''kansanopisto'' and ''työväenopisto'' or ''kansalaisopisto;'' German: ''Volkshochschule'' and (a few) ''Heimvolkshochschule;'' ...

, where he eventually served as headmaster. He was elected to the

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from

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...

for the periods 1922–1930 and 1937–1945, representing the Liberal Party. He chaired Noregs Mållag from 1936 to 1946.

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1878 births 1961 deaths People from Sunnhordland Heads of schools in Norway Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Nynorsk-language writers Noregs Mållag leaders Norwegian educators Members of the Storting {{Norway-bio-stub