Peder Strand Rygh
Norwegian politician
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Peder Strand Rygh (7 August 1800 – 15 April 1868) was a Norwegian politician.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1839, 1842, 1845, 1851, 1854, 1857, 1862 and 1865, representing the rural constituency of Nordre Trondhjems Amt. He worked as a bailiff, and later bank director.[1]
He hailed from Verdalen.[2] Together with Ingeborg Marie Bentsen (1809–1878) he had a son Oluf Rygh, who achieved recognition as an archeologist and historian.[3]
