Photographic portrait of a mayor of Rendalen, Norway

David Pedersen Kvile (21 September 1861 – 24 June 1918) was a Norwegian teacher, farmer and politician for the Liberal Party.

He was born at Kvile in Breim as a son of farmers Peder A. Kvile and Kirsti J. Kaudal. He graduated from Stord Teachers' College in 1882, and worked briefly in Gransherred from 1883 before settling as a teacher in Øvre Rendal in 1885. From 1890 he also ran the farm Berger. He married a farmer's daughter from Gransherred.[1]

He was a member of Øvre Rendal municipal council from 1893 to 1904, serving as mayor since 1897. In 1911 he again became mayor after a hiatus.[1] He was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway in 1909, 1912 and 1915.[2][3][4] He died in June 1918 and was buried in Øvre Rendal.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Lindstøl, Tallak: Stortinget og Statsraadet 1814-1914. Kristiania, 1914
  2. ↑ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. V. 128. Stortingsvalget 1909" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  3. ↑ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. V. 189. Stortingsvalget 1912" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  4. ↑ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. VI. 65. Stortingsvalget 1915" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  5. ↑ "Cemeteries in Norway". DIS-Norge. Retrieved 16 March 2012.


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