Sivert Andreas Nielsen (8 October 1823 - 18 August 1904) was a Norwegian politician for the

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. He was born in

Brønnøy Brønnøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland region. The administrative centre and commercial centre of the municipality is the town of Brønnøysund. A secondary centre is the village of Hommelstø. Ot ...

. He was elected to the

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in 1859. He was not re-elected in 1861, but returned in 1865 to serve twelve more terms. When political parties were introduced in the 1880s, Nielsen joined the Liberal Party.Sivert Andreas Nielsen
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He served four terms as

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.Presidents of the Storting
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1823 births 1904 deaths Presidents of the Storting Members of the Storting Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Nordland politicians People from Brønnøy {{Norway-politician-1820s-stub