Lars Havstad

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Lars Aanonsen Havstad (3 February 1851 – 29 August 1913) was a

Liberal Party, newspaper editor and activist. He was deaf as well as blind in one eye, and was the first (along with Halvard Aschehoug) deaf person to pass the examen artium
in Norway.

Professional career

He was born as Lars Aanonsen Larssen in

final examination in Norwegian secondary schools until 1974.[2]

After three years of working at the institute, Havstad was hired in Det statistiske kontor in 1874,

Norwegian Ministry of the Interior.[3] He later worked in the Office of the Auditor General of Norway, and a number of his statistical analyses were published.[1]

Political career

Havstad is also known as the private secretary of liberal politician Johan Sverdrup. In 1882 Havstad published Sverdrup's parliamentary speeches from 1851 to 1881. He also wrote for liberal newspaper Dagbladet and was the political editor and editor-in-chief of Eidsvold from 1894 to 1897. In 1875, he published Forholdet mellom Kongen, Statsraadet og Storthinget together with J. F. Heiberg,[1] and also wrote articles in liberal historian Ernst Sars' journal.[4]

Historian

Viken was described as "[t]his dead belt which must first be permeated by the national spirit before the alien elements can be devoured by the body of society".[5]

Activism for the deaf

In 1876 he published the article Skoletvang for Døvstumme in Aftenbladet, which was about compulsory schooling for the

Washington, DC.[1]

Personal and late life

In 1877 he changed his last name from Larssen to Havstad. In February 1886 he married Hedvig Augusta Schüssler (1863–1933). She was able to hear.[1] He was a brother-in-law of deaf people's teacher Elias Hofgaard, who was married to Havstad's wife's sister.[6] Havstad was killed in a tram collision in August 1913 in Kristiania.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Sander, Thorbjørn Johan. "Lars Havstad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  2. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  3. ^ Søbye, Espen (2000). "Barnearbeid i industrien 1870-1915:"Manden i Barnet" må beskyttes" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  4. ISBN 82-05-10934-6
    .
  5. ^ Seip, 1981: p. 159
  6. ^ Arnesen, Knut. "Elias Hofgaard". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
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