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Morten Ludvig Sundt (1809 – ??) was a Norwegian farmer and politician.
He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1851, representing the rural constituency of Buskeruds Amt. He was re-elected in 1854, 1857, 1859, 1862 and 1865.[1]
He was the mayor of Hole from 1850 to 1866.[2] He owned the farm Søndre By, and is credited for introducing Ringerikspoteten, the "Ringerike potato".[3]
References
- ^ "Morten Ludvig Sundt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12847. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ "Ordførere i Hole 1837–2006" (in Norwegian). Hole Municipality. http://domino.hole.kommune.no/hole/OSKSYS-B.NSF/fa3b0e93b5938e4ac1255fab0073ef89/f7a23b39f6301eaf412564ab003dbd4d/$FILE/Ordf%C3%B8rere%201837-2006.doc. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ http://www.frukt.no/leksikon/poteter1/faktaark4/ringerikspotet/
Categories:- 1809 births
- People from Hole
- Norwegian farmers
- Mayors of places in Buskerud
- Members of the Parliament of Norway
- Norwegian politician, 19th century birth stubs
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