Peder Strand Rygh (7 August 1800 – 15 April 1868) was a Norwegian politician. He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) 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 base ...

in 1839, 1842, 1845, 1851, 1854, 1857, 1862 and 1865, representing the rural constituency of ''Nordre Trondhjems Amt'' (today named

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ...

). He worked as a bailiff, and later bank director.Peder Strand Rygh
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He hailed from

Verdal Verdal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra. Some villages in the municipality include Forbregd/Lein, Lysthaugen, Stiklest ...

en. Together with Ingeborg Marie Bentsen (1809–1878) he had a son

Oluf Rygh Oluf Rygh (5 September 1833 – 19 August 1899) was a noted Norwegian archaeologist, philologist and historian. Oluf Rygh is recognized as one of the founders of professional archaeology in Norway. He led the 1867 excavation of the Tune ship (''Tun ...

, who achieved recognition as an archeologist and historian.

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1800 births 1868 deaths Members of the Storting Politicians from Nord-Trøndelag People from Verdal {{Norway-politician-1800s-stub