Background
Ole Olsen Evenstad was born on Evenstad i Åmot (now Stor-Elvdal) in Hedmark, Norway. He was the son of a farm owner and local sheriff.
Ole Olsen Evenstad was born on Evenstad i Åmot (now Stor-Elvdal) in Hedmark, Norway. He was the son of a farm owner and local sheriff.
Ole Evenstad later ran the family farm and also served as sheriff in his district. from Søstu Stai gåroad (1766-1828). They were the parents of two sons. In 1821 he was awarded the Medaljen for Borgerdåd second class in silver for outstanding civic service.
Ole Olsen Evenstad was elected to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814, representing the constituency of Hedemarkens Amt (now Hedmark).
Together with his fellow delegates from Hedmark, Claus Bendeke and Andreas Aagaard Kiønig, he supported the position of the independence party (Selvstendighetspartiet). In 1912, the former Evenstad farm was acquired by the Evenstad Forestry School (Evenstad skogskole).
The 126-year-old main building at Evenstad burned down in 1987. Since 1989 the former farm and forestry school has served as the Evenstad Campus of Hedmark University College.
The school offers degrees in forestry and wildlife management, together with advanced courses of study in applied ecology.
Holme Jørn (2014) De kom fra alle kanter - Eidsvollsmennene og deres hus (Oslo: Cappelen Damm).
He became a member of the Norwegian Parliament for Hedmark in 1824 where he was a member of the commission for mining and forestry. In 1824 he also was a member of the Conciliation Commission (Forlikskommisjon) in his district.