Kristoffer Marius Hægstad (15 July 1850 – 21 November 1927) was a Norwegian educator, linguist and politician for the

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. A proponent for

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, he was the first chairman of Norigs Maallag.

Personal life

Hægstad was born in Borgund as the son of jurist Ole Hægstad and Charlotte Abigael Tonning. He was married to Pernele Larsdotter Midgaard, and was the father of Leiv Heggstad and engineering professor Olav Heggstad.

Career

Hægstad edited the newspapers '' Namdals Tidende'' and '' Namdalsposten'', and was a co-founder of '' Nordtrønderen''. He was elected member of the

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and

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; also serving as deputy representative during the terms 1889–1891 and 1895–1897. He was appointed professor at the

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from 1899 to 1920. Among his works are ''Gamalt trøndermaal'' from 1899, ''Hildinakvadet'' from 1900, and ''Gamalnorsk ordbok med nynorsk tyding'' from 1909 (jointly with

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). He was the first chairman of Norigs Maallag, from its foundation in 1906.

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* 1850 births 1927 deaths Politicians from Ålesund Heads of schools in Norway Norwegian newspaper editors Politicians from Nord-Trøndelag Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Academic staff of the University of Oslo Noregs Mållag leaders {{Norway-bio-stub