Ole Olsen Evenstad (born 1766)

Ole Olsen Evenstad (1766–1833) was a Norwegian politician.

He was elected to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, representing the constituency of Hedemarkens Amt. He worked as a farmer and police sergeant at Evenstad in Stor-Elvdal. He returned in 1824 to serve one term in the Norwegian Parliament.

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    Go down, Moses
    ‘Way down in Egypt land,
    Tell ole Pharaoh,
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    Unknown. Go Down, Moses (l. 1–4)

    ... like a woman made frigid, I had to learn response, to trust this possibility for fruition that had not been before.
    —Tillie Olsen (b. 1912)