Karl Ditlev Rygh

Karl Ditlev Rygh (7 June 1839 – 10 March 1915) was a Norwegian archaeologist and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born in Verdal Municipality, and was the brother of Evald and Oluf Rygh.

From 1868 he was a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters;[2] he served as praeses of the organization from 1883 to 1897.

When his brother Oluf died, Karl Ditlev Rygh helped finish his main work, the nineteen-volume Norske Gaardnavne.

[1] He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1886, 1889 and 1892, representing the constituency of Trondhjem og Levanger.