Mikkel Sveinhaug (5 October 1873 – 18 August 1958) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the

Liberal Left Party The Free-minded Liberal Party ( no, Frisinnede Venstre) was a political party in Norway founded in 1909 by the conservative-liberal faction of the Liberal Party. The party cooperated closely with the Conservative Party and participated in severa ...

. He was born in

Ringsaker is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Brumunddal. Other settlements in Ringsaker include the town of Moelv and the v ...

as a son of farmers Johannes Furuberget and Anne Dobloug. He took education at Jønsberg Agricultural School in 1897, and owned the farm Sveinhaug in Ringsaker since 1907. He was a member of Ringsaker

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 ...

for many years. He was a central board member of the Liberal Left Party from 1918 to 1923. He issued the small book ''Blandkorn fra Oplandene'' in 1927 and was a prolific writer in the liberal and conservative press, especially on agriculture in addition to politics. He contributed to ''

Hamar Stiftstidende ''Hamar Stiftstidende'' is a former Norwegian daily newspaper, published in Hamar, Norway from 1847 to 1971. Its original name was ''Hamar Budstikke'', later ''Hamar Budstikke og Stiftstidende'', then ''Hamar Stiftstidende''. In 1872 editor Olaus ...

'' for over sixty years, and also wrote local history. He died in August 1958.

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1873 births 1958 deaths People from Ringsaker Norwegian farmers Free-minded Liberal Party politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians Hedmark politicians {{Norway-politician-1870s-stub