Background
Talleiv Olavson Huvestad was born on a farm in the parish of Skafså in Øvre Telemark, Norway.
Talleiv Olavson Huvestad was born on a farm in the parish of Skafså in Øvre Telemark, Norway.
In his youth, he moved with his mother to the parish of Eidsborg in Tokke within the traditional region of Vest-Telemark. As an adult, he was a farmer who also served as a part time teacher in rural Telemark villages. Talleiv Huvestad was selected to represent Bratsberg amt at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814, along with Severin Løvenskiold and Peder Jørgen Cloumann.