Vigleik Trygve Sundt (12 August 1873 – 23 August 1948) was a Norwegian attorney, genealogist and politician for the Liberal Party.

Personal life

He was born in Farsund as a son of consul Peter Ingvard Sundt (1841–1917) and his wife Anna Christiane Salvesen. He was a

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brother of physician

Halfdan Sundt Halfdan Sundt (12 August 1873 – 18 January 1951) was a Norwegian physician and politician. He was a president of the Norwegian Medical Association. Personal life He was born in Farsund as a son of consul Peter Ingvard Sundt (1841–1917) and hi ...

. He was a grandnephew of Eilert Sundt, nephew of Lauritz Sundt, first cousin once removed of

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and

Einar Sundt Einar Sundt (16 October 1854 – 20 September 1917) was a Norwegian businessman, writer and publisher. He was born in Christiania to Eilert Sundt and Nicoline Conradine Hansen, and was a cousin of Johan Lauritz Sundt and Karen Sundt. He f ...

, first cousin of

Harald Sundt Harald Sundt (16 March 1873 – 9 September 1952) was a Norwegian businessperson. Personal life He was born in Kristiania as a son of wholesaler Oluf Christian Carl Sundt (1834–1891) and his wife Lydia Jeanette Dahl (1843–1891). He was a pater ...

and third cousin of Arthur Sundt. In March 1905 in Fredrikshald he married major's daughter Alethe Elisabeth Anker (1874–1932).

Career

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his secondary education in 1892, and graduated with the

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degree in 1897 together with his brother Bjarne. After serving as a deputy judge in Nordre Østerdalen from 1898 to 1900 and junior solicitor in

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from 1900 to 1902, he opened the law firm Sundt & Sundt together with his brother in 1902. After Bjarne died in 1906, Vigleik took his younger brother Rolf on board as partner in the firm. Rolf left in 1930. In 1931 the company Sundt & Sundt was dissolved and he continued on his own. He was also a legal consultant for LKAB from 1904 to 1915. He was a Southern Norway patriot, a

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strongly rooted in the 1890s

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oppositional tradition, and a "European liberal". He was a member of Oslo city council from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1932 to 1937, and stood for parliamentary election for the party in

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and

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(first ballot candidate) without being elected. He was a board member of Venstres Hus, the party-affiliated newspaper ''

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'', and the theatre

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from 1925 to 1947 (chairman since 1935). He was also a co-founder in 1926, and from 1940 to 1947 board member of, the

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. He published extensively in their journal ''Norsk slektshistorisk tidsskrift'' as well as in the newspaper ''Dagbladet''. Other works include the biographical sketch of Povel Juel in ''

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'' as well as an unfinished monography about the same person. In the business world, he was a board member of Bratsberg Bruk, Saudefaldene, Flørli Kraft- og Elektrosmelteverk and Laatefos; mostly hydroelectric power companies. He was a supervisory council member from 1928 to 1930 and deputy board member from 1930 to 1932 in

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. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the

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. He died in August 1948 at Rikshospitalet.

References

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