Jacob Liv Borch Sverdrup

Jacob Liv Borch Sverdrup (8 February 1775 – 15 May 1841) was a Norwegian educator and farmer, known for establishing the first agricultural school in Scandinavia.

He worked as a private tutor and teacher in Denmark after studying, but returned to Norway in 1807, the same year as the Gunboat War broke out.

In addition to horticultural and agricultural improvements at Jarlsberg, Sverdrup set dairy farming.

[5] In the same year he established an agricultural school at this farm, which is recognized as the first of its kind in Scandinavia.

Nonetheless, Sverdrup also monitored European academic discussions in his field, especially the writings of Albrecht Thaer.

His son Peter Jacob continued his work,[1] but the funding for Sem Agricultural School was cut by the Norwegian Parliament in 1836.

A bust of Jacob Liv Borch Sverdrup was raised at the Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1925.