Anders Sandvig (11 May 1862 – 11 February 1950) was a Norwegian dentist most noted for having founded Maihaugen, an innovative regional ethnological and architectural museum in Lillehammer, documenting the vernacular architecture of Gudbrandsdalen.

[1][2][3] Sandvig was born at Bud in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

[4] On a travel to Skjåk in 1894, he came to the realization that Norwegian farmers had not yet begun to appreciate their cultural heritage.

Sandvig was at first hired as unpaid curator, but was later appointed the museum's first director.

Sandvig also traveled extensively to promote ethnological museums, including Vesterheim in Decorah, Iowa.