Lars Knutson Liestøl (13 June 1839 – 15 December 1912) was a Norwegian politician. He was born to Knut Larsson Liestøl and Gyro Grundesdotter Liestøl and married Vilhelmine Josefine Thomasdtr Liestøl. Liestøl served on the district council of

Bygland Bygland is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Setesdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bygland ...

Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, ) was a county (''fylke'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . ...

, Norway over a 36-year period. He also was the municipal mayor for twelve years. He was a member of the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...

during various sessions between the periods 1874–1912. He served in the government of Prime Minister

Johan Sverdrup Johan Sverdrup (30 July 1816 – 17 February 1892) was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party. He was the first prime minister of Norway after the introduction of parliamentarism. Sverdrup was prime minister from 1884 to 1889. Early year ...

as Minister of Auditing 1888–1889, as well as head of the Ministry of the Interior in 1888.

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