Ole Ingebrigtsen Soelberg (11 October 1798 – 2 January 1874) was a Norwegian politician. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1833, 1836, 1842, 1845, 1851 and 1854. He represented the rural constituency of ''Søndre Trondhjems Amt'' (today the southern part of

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county), except for 1842 when he represented ''Nordre Trondhjems Amt'' (today the northern part of

county). He worked as a farmer,Ole Ingebrigtsen Soelberg
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) and supported farmer-friendly policies. He was born in

Soknedal Soknedal is a village in Midtre Gauldal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the river ''Sokna'' which flows north and later joins the river Gaula. The Dovrebanen railway line and the European route E06 high ...

, but moved to

Strinda Strinda is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the eastern part of what is now the municipality of Trondheim south and ea ...

in 1835. Local government was introduced in Norway in 1837, and Soelberg served as mayor of Strinda municipality for a total of 14 years, divided between three periods between 1839 and 1862. He had moved to

Gløshaugen Gløshaugen is a neighborhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Lerkendal, approximately southeast of Midtbyen, the downtown center of Trondheim. It is situated east of the neighborhood of El ...

in 1860, and lived there for the rest of his life.

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1798 births 1874 deaths Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Sør-Trøndelag {{Norway-politician-1790s-stub