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Jun 07, 1839 Verdal, Trøndelag, Norway Died on 01 Jan 1915 (aged 75)
Norwegian politician
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About Karl Ditlev Rygh
- Karl Ditlev Rygh (7 June 1839 – 10 March 1915) was a Norwegian archaeologist and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Verdal, and was the brother of Evald og Oluf Rygh.
- He graduated as cand.philol.
- in 1863.
- He was hired as a teacher at Trondheim Cathedral School in 1866, and worked as headmaster there from 1887 to 1899.
- From 1868 he was a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters; he served as praeses of the organization from 1883 to 1897.
- As an archaeologist Rygh specialized in Norway north of Dovrefjell, especially Trøndelag.
- When his brother Oluf died, Karl Ditlev Rygh helped finish his main work, the nineteen-volume Norske Gaardnavne.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1886, 1889 and 1892, representing the constituency of Trondhjem og Levanger.
- He had served as a deputy representative during the term 1883–1885.
