Sigvald Hasund

Sigvald Mathias Hasund (24 March 1868 – 5 September 1959) was a Norwegian researcher of agriculture and politician for the Liberal Party.

When the second cabinet Mowinckel assumed office in 1928, Hasund was appointed Minister of Church and Education.

[1] He was known for refusing to ordain liberal theologian Kristian Schjelderup, who would become bishop in 1947, as vicar in the parish Værøy og Røst.

[citation needed] When the second cabinet Mowinckel fell in 1931, Hasund lost his job.

[1] His most important publications were Det norske landbruks historie (1919), Bønder og stat under naturalsystemet (1924) and Landbruksundervisningen i Norge gjennom 100 år (1926, with I.