{{short description|Norwegian politician}} '''Peder Strand Rygh''' (7 August 1800 – 15 April 1868) was a Norwegian politician.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1839, 1842, 1845, 1851, 1854, 1857, 1862 and 1865, representing the rural constituency of Nordre Trondhjems Amt. He worked as a bailiff, and later bank director.<ref name="nsd">[http://samfunnsveven.no/TT/U21.cfm?Utside=&Uttaksnummer=21&person=12495 Peder Strand Rygh] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)</ref>
He hailed from Verdalen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kildenett.no/artikler/2007/1192022137.61|title=Trøndelag i rikspolitikken|website=kildenett.no}}</ref> Together with Ingeborg Marie Bentsen (1809–1878) he had a son Oluf Rygh, who achieved recognition as an archeologist and historian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asbjorn.info/kristiansand/Sider/Biografier/Oluf_Rygh.htm|title=Oluf Rygh|website=asbjorn.info}}</ref>
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