Talleiv Olavsson Huvestad [Tegning]

About the object

• aboutTeikning på gulna papir, rifter og skader.
• Kunstner (B, F, KI)Grimdalen, Anne
• TitleTalleiv Olavsson Huvestad
• IdentifierGRS.314
• AcquisitionVar oppbevart på Grimdalstunet.
• Type Fineart

• Indexing termBiletkunst Billedkunst
• Specific subject termsMann
• General subject termPortrett
• SubjectPortrett av bonde og eidsvollsmann Talleiv Huvestad, i gråtrøye. Med namnet i store bokstavar under portrettet.
• Avbildet personHuvestad, Talleiv Olavsson
  • History

    bio Eidsvollman Bio Talleiv Olavson (olsen ) Huve stad (1761-1847)

    by Narve Fulsås (2001), Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (Norwegian Biographical Encyclopedia); translated by Erik Tøndevold.

    name Talleiv Olavson (Olsen) Huvestad born 1761, Skafså

    subparish (now Tokke municipality), Telemark die d 13 Jul 1847,

    Eidsborg subparish (now Tokke) occupation s Farmer and

    Eidsvollman parent s Farmer Olaf Tollefsen Storåsli (1724-

    1778) and Thorbjør Gjermundsdotter Kjestveit (1734-1805)

    spou se Married 7 Nov 1797 to Gjertrud Rasmusdotter Mandt

    (26 Apr 1778-24 Dec 1845); daughter of silver smith and farmer

    Rasmus Mandt (1731-1813) and Gunhild O. Håtveit (1741-1813).

    biography Talleiv Huvestad was

    Eidsvollman from Telemark and one

    of the most active farmers in the

    Constitution Convention.

    Huvestad was born on the farm

    Storåslid in Skafså, but moved to

    Dalen in the nearby subparish

    Eidsborg after his mother had

    remarried Vetle T. Huvestad. Talleiv

    took over the farm Huvestad after

    his stepfather in 1794.

    He got his first education in the

    circulating school, and shortly

    after his confirmation he himself

    for some years was a circulation

    schoolteacher. As a farmer he continued

    to educate himself, especially

    in old Norwegian history, health

    and law. An educated farmer who

    not only could read, but also write,

    was outstanding, and Huvestad got

    a central role in the upper part of Telemark in connection with literary

    culture. In a large circumference he was used as an advisor, and

    farmers sent their sons to him to be educated. He wrote most of the

    legal papers in the district and was a leader in the work to rearrange

    borders in order to make farming more efficient. At that time, forest

    and pasture were still common land.

    Huvestad was also central in the local “health system” being both

    veterinarian and physician. Furthermore, he was in charge of smallpox

    inoculation, which had been introduced 1801 in Denmark-

    Norway and became obligatory in 1810. Elsewhere pastors were in

    charge of this.

    He was elected to the Constitution Convention at Eidsvoll 1814

    as the third man from Bratsberg amt (now Telemark fylke),

    after amt governor Severin

    Løvenskiold and the bailiff

    Peder Jørgen Cloumann.

    Henrik Wergeland writes

    about Huvestad in Norges

    Konstitutions Historie: “an

    excellent specimen among

    those, especially in history,

    literary Norwegian mountain

    farmers, who frequently

    surprise the tourist. He knew

    Snorre (“Heimskringla”) very

    well, and owned in the depth

    of a most friendly manner,

    under his Telemark overcoat,

    a lot of knowledge about the

    world’s history and geography. During a discussion about Napoleon’s

    latest battles, the prince exclaimed that Norway had some

    surprising farmers. Huvestad expressed himself—which at that

    time was unusual among Norwegian farmers—also in writing both

    correctly and clearly.”

    In the question about the relationship with Sweden, Huvestad

    followed his fellow Telemark Eidsvollman and Herman Wedel

    Jarlsberg and the “Union Party”. This was opposite from most of

    the other farmer Eidsvollsmen. However, he was with them in the

    typical farmer questions, where he was the most active of them

    all and the farmer with the greatest influence on the final

    constitution. Two of his sponsored proposals, about free establishment

    of saw mills and selling the church land in order to get capital

    for a governmental bank, did not succeed. On the other hand,

    the proposal to strengthen the “odelsrett” and include it in the constitution

    was widely accepted. The wording of this proposal was

    probably Huvestad’s. The ”odelsrett” had recently been under strong

    attacks and was, after 1811, in the process of being abolished. Here,

    the 1814 constitution represented a turning point.

    Huvestad was elected as no. 2 from Telemark to the 1818 Parliament,

    where he continued his farmer-friendly politics. The same year he

    was in the deputation going to the coronation in Stockholm. In the

    1821 and 1824 Parliaments, he was second reserve.

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    Eidsvollman Huvestad’s signature

    as it appears on Norway’s

    Constitution. Signatures were followed

    by a wax seal impressed with

    the signee’s family crest or signet ring.

    Talleiv Olsen Huvestad

    (1761-1847)

    Photo reprinted with

    permission from the

    Eidsvoll 1814 Museum.

    Eidsvollman Bio Talleiv Olavson (olsen ) Huve stad (1761-1847) Continued from Page 1

    erik’s notes

    We have now collected a long list of Eidsvollman Huvestad’s

    descendants, but it is not complete. The list is partly based on lists

    from Gordon Lynn Felland (St. Paul, MN); Becky Johnson (Badger,

    MN); James Lokken (Saskatoon, SK); and Thomas Henry Benson

    (Appleton, MN). In the second generation, six persons emigrated, but

    for three of them we have little information after immigration. Margit

    Huvestad (1844-1910) emigrated in 1873 with her husband Knut

    Felland (1851-1930) to Iowa. Gunhild Levardsdatter (1829-1893)

    emigrated in 1867 with her husband Halvor Dalen (1828/29-1882)

    to Minnesota and ended in Milan, Chippewa County. Else Bergland

    (1836-1893) emigrated in 1867/68 with her husband Østen Jacobsen

    (1821-1915) and ended in Swift County, MN. All three of these grandchildren

    have many descendants. The most famous descendant is

    Else’s grandson, Elmer Austin Benson (1895-1985), U.S. Senator and

    Minnesota Governor. Also, many great-grandchildren emigrated.

    A final note about Dovre (mentioned on the Huvestad monument)

    as a Norwegian icon: Before leaving Eidsvoll the Eidsvollmen held

    hands, saying, “Together and faithful until Dovre falls”. At that time,

    few people knew about the area

    (later baptized Jotunheimen) with

    the highest mountains in Norway.

    On the other hand, Dovre is mentioned

    several places in Heimskringla.

    The main route between

    Eastern Norway and Trøndelag

    passes on the eastern side of the

    Dovre mountains.

    editor’s note S

    To see Talleiv Huvestad’s biography in its original Norwegian text, use the

    following link:

    http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Talleiv_Huvestad/utdypning

    To see Talleiv Huvestad’s photo on page 1 in its original context, go to:

    http://www.eidsvoll1814.no/?did=9045141&aid=9043784

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    Norwegian inscription on front:

    Her heve fagnafok

    Fare or heimen

    Her hev ein gild gut

    Gjenge til kvila

    Eidsvollmannen Talleiv

    Olavson Huvestad

    fødd paa Storaasli i

    Skafsaa 1761

    Død paa Huvestad i

    Eidsbor g 1847.

    Det høge dyre ord

    Som vaare feder svo

    Aa standa fast som fjell

    Til gamle Dovre fell

    Det ord lat søner sanna

    In English:

    Here have “fagna” people

    Left their homes

    Here has a “sterling” fellow

    Gone t o rest

    Eidsvollman Talleiv

    Olavson Huvestad

    Born at Storaasli in

    Skafsaa 1761

    Died at Huvestad in

    Eidsbor g 1847

    The high and mighty words

    That our fathers swore

    To stand solid like rock

    Until old Dovre falls

    Let our sons verify these words

    Eidsborg Stave Church

    and the Huvestad monument

    Photos courtesy of Una Høydal,

    Vest-Telemark Museum

    Eidsborg, 3800 Dalen, Norway.

    Norwegian insc ription on back:

    Sjaa federne paa Eidsvoll stend

    Med log dei land vil byggja

    Men standa maa med sverd ved lend

    For ufredssky vil skyggja

    For Norigs nye dag dei vaaga maa

    Eit slag fyr Norigs rett og fred

    Men Gud du stod attved

    Og fridomsve rket fremjad

    Til minne om den einaste telebonden paa

    rikstinget 1814 reiste telefolket denne bauta

    17. mai 1901

    In Eng lish:

    See our fathers standing at Eidsvoll

    With law they will build the land

    But must stand with ready sword

    Because threatening clouds will shadow

    For Norway’s new day they must dare

    A battle for Norway ’s right and peace

    But God stood besides us

    And supported our freedom

    As a memorial for the only Telemark farmer

    at the national convention 1814 the people of

    Telemark erected this obelisk May 17th 1901

    Copyright © 2010. ECONA. All rights reserved.

    To view the Eidsborg Stave Church and Huvestad monument in summertime, visit:

    http://www.heritagetelemark.no/eng/images/telemark_grouped_by_community/tokke/eidsborg_stave_church__1

  • ProfessionBonde Skulemeistar
  • Alternative namesEidsvollmannen
  • GenderMann
  • NationalityNoreg
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• DesignationTeikning
• Precise designation
  • Tegning
  • Portrett
  • Skisse
• Catalog levelEnkeltverk

• Inscription
  • Primær, Signatur: A. Grimdalen
• Dimensions value
  • Bredde55.0 cm (Hovedmål )
  • Høyde69.5 cm (Hovedmål )
• MaterialsPapir
• TechniquesBlyant