Paul Knutsen Barstad Sandvik (9 April 1847 – 24 December 1936) was a Norwegian educator and musician.

Biography

He was born at

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, Norway. He was a son of Knut Barstad and his wife Ragnhild, née Brekke. His father died in 1849, and his mother remarried to Knut Sandvik in 1855. He attended school in

Volda Volda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Volda. Other villages in the municipality include Dravlaus, Fyrde, Straumshamn, Leira, Bjørke, and Gro ...

as well as Stord Teacher's College, and worked in his early career as a teacher in Volda,

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and Helgøya (from 1869). In June 1870 in Borgund he married Nikoline Mork (1847–1927) from Volda. He was the father of musicologist

Ole Mørk Sandvik Ole Mørk Sandvik (9 May 1875 – 5 August 1976) was a Norwegian educator, musicologist and folk-song collector. Background Sandvik was born on the island of Helgøya in Hedmark, Norway. He was a son of school inspector Paul Knutsen Barstad S ...

and singer Ingeborg Sandvik Kristensen. He was later headhunted to work in

Hamar Hamar is a List of cities in Norway, town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet Counties of Norway, county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hedmarken. ...

, the regional large city near Helgøya. While living here he also co-edited the periodical ''Norsk Skoletidende'', founded in Hamar by Nils Hertzberg (editor from 1869 to 1873), stepping down in 1918. He was a board member of Hamar public library from 1887 to 1936. Hobbies included

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and

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, as well as song and music—he was an organist in

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church for many years and later a sexton in Hamar. From 1907 to 1914 he served as the "national song inspector" in Norway. In ''

Norsk biografisk leksikon is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia. The first edition (NBL1) was issued between 1921 and 1983, including 19 volumes and 5,100 articles. It was published by Aschehoug with economic support from the state. bought the rights to ...

'' he was called "a personality of unusual strength and many-sidedness". Sandvik held the

HM The King's Medal of Merit The King's Medal of Merit (Norwegian: ''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') is a Norwegian award. It was instituted in 1908 to reward meritorious achievements in the fields of art, science, business, and public service. It is divided in two classes: gold ...

(''Kongens fortjenstmedalje'') from 1899. He died in December 1936 in Hamar. In February 1955 a bust was raised of him.

References

1847 births 1936 deaths People from Ørsta People from Hamar Norwegian educators Norwegian Lutherans Norwegian musicians Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit {{Norway-musician-stub