Just Knud Qvigstad

Just Knud Qvigstad
Minister of Education and Church Affairs
In office
2 February 1910 – 20 February 1912
Prime MinisterWollert Konow
Preceded byJohannes Hougen
Succeeded byEdvard Liljedahl
Mayor of Tromsø
In office
1 January 1905 – 31 December 1905
DeputyThomas Eidem
Preceded byOscar Schønberg
Succeeded byThomas Eidem
In office
1 January 1899 – 31 December 1899
DeputyThomas Eidem
Preceded byDaniel Mack
Succeeded byThomas Eidem
Deputy Mayor of Tromsø
In office
1 January 1906 – 31 December 1906
MayorThomas Eidem
Preceded byThomas Eidem
Succeeded byThomas Eidem
In office
1 January 1900 – 31 December 1901
MayorThomas Eidem
Preceded byThomas Eidem
Succeeded byOscar Schønberg
Personal details
Born(1853-04-04)4 April 1853
Lyngseidet, Troms, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Died15 March 1957(1957-03-15) (aged 103)
Tromsø, Troms, Norway
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Margrethe Antonette Aagaard
(m. 1885)
ChildrenJust Knut Qvigstad
ResidenceTromsø
Alma materRoyal Frederick University
(cand.philol. 1874, cand.theol. 1881)
OccupationHeadmaster, researcher
ProfessionPhilologist, theologian

Just Knud Qvigstad (4 April 1853 – 15 March 1957) was a Norwegian philologist, linguist, ethnographer, historian and cultural historian. He was also a headmaster in Tromsø, and a politician for the Conservative Party who served as mayor of Tromsø and as Minister of Education and Church Affairs.