Sivert Andreas Nielsen (1823-1904)

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

He was born in Brønnøy.cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Nielsen, Sivert Andreas |encyclopedia=Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location= |url=http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=693408 ]

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament 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. [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12159 Sivert Andreas Nielsen] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ] He served four terms as President of the Storting. [ [http://www.stortinget.no/representantene/presidenter_historisk.html Presidents of the Storting] ]

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