Ole Hersted Schjøtt

Ole Hersted Schjøtt (1805-1848) was a Norwegian clergyman and politician.

He was born Stener Johannes Stenersen Schjøtt, named after professor of theology Stener Johannes Stenersen, but later adhered to Landsmål and Norwegianized his name.

[2] Schjøtt enrolled at the University of Christiania in 1822 and graduated as cand.theol.

As a politician, Ole Hersted Schjøtt was elected mayor of Porsgrund municipality for the year 1842.

[3] He was among the founders of the first temperance society in Porsgrund, named the Porsgrunds Forening mod Brændevins-Drik, founded in December 1845 with Schjøtt as chairman.