Sigvald Mathias Hasund (24 March 1868 – 5 September 1959) was a Norwegian researcher of agriculture and politician for the

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. He was Minister of Church and Education from 1928 to 1931. He was born in Hasund in

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as the son of a farmer. He graduated from at the Higher College of Agriculture (from 1897 known as the

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) in 1890, and from 1890 to 1897 he was a school teacher and headmaster in his native Romsdals Amt. In 1898 he was appointed county agronomist in Bratsbergs Amt. He left in 1906 to edit the magazine ''Frøi''. He also covered agricultural topics for the newspaper ''

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'' for some time.Sigvald Hasund
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He was hired as a teacher at the Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1907. In 1914 he was promoted to professor, specializing in the

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. He was the first publish a concise history of agriculture in Norway. From 1923 to 1928 he served as

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at the Norwegian College of Agriculture. Hasund had been involved in politics as a member of the executive committee of Aas

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from 1917 to 1918. When the second cabinet Mowinckel assumed office in 1928, Hasund was appointed Minister of Church and Education. He was known for refusing to

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liberal theologian Kristian Schjelderup, who would become bishop in 1947, as

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in the parish ''

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''. When the second cabinet Mowinckel fell in 1931, Hasund lost his job. He returned as professor at the Norwegian College of Agriculture, where he stayed until his retirement in 1938. His most important publications were ''Det norske landbruks historie'' (1919), ''Bønder og stat under naturalsystemet'' (1924) and ''Landbruksundervisningen i Norge gjennom 100 år'' (1926, with I. Nesheim). He was a member of the

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and the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hasund, Sigvald 1868 births 1959 deaths People from Ulstein Norwegian College of Agriculture alumni Academic staff of the Norwegian College of Agriculture Rectors of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Government ministers of Norway Akershus politicians Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Ministers of Education of Norway