Edvard A. Liljedahl

Edvard Appoloniussen Liljedahl (6 August 1845, Vik - 10 October 1924) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party. He was a member of the Council of State Division in in 1889, and Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1912-1913. Liljedahl died on October 10, 1924 in Vik and is buried there.

Edvard liljedahl received his degree from the Balestrand Teachers School in 1864 and from the Stord Seminary in 1866. He was a teacher and a church choir singer in Kirkebø from 1867 until 1889. He was a member of the cabinet in from March 6, 1889 until July 13, 1889. He became a postmaster in Aalesund in 1891 and then Bergen in 1901. He retired in 1904 and moved to his property Røitehola (officially Fredheim) in Kirkebø. He had cleared the land himself during his parish clerk and member of parliament days, and had rented it out when he lived in Ålesund and Bergen. On a visit to Vik he purchased the Havnen farm from hotel owner Hopstock and moved to Vik in 1905. He sold the Røitehola property to a quartermaster sergeant Mo.

In Havnen there was only a barn and a summer cow barn plus a bathhouse when he took over the property. He had to build a farmhouse, cow barn, and a stall. Edvard cultivated more land in Havnen and planted a large number of fruit trees (about 250) of which about half were pear and the rest apple and cherry trees. These trees became an important source of income in Havnen.

In addition to Røitehola which had been cleared and planted with fruit trees, he also had another farm in Østrem which he sold, and owned another farm farther out in Sogn.

In 1904 after his postmaster days were over, he went back to Kirkebø to live in Røitehola and immediately purchased more land which he cultivated. After his employment as postmaster in Ålesund he purchased the Vågenes farm in Borgund but quickly sold it to his brother-in-law Magnus Ramslie, who was from Vangsnes. He then purchased the Spjelkavik farm, which was a large farm with several cottages, many forests, and mountain water. It ended up being too large and expensive to operate when he lived in Ålesund, so he sold it after a few years, and moved from Ålesund to Bergen.

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