Anders Vassbotn

{{Short description|Norwegian farmer, writer and politician}}

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Anders Rasmusson Vassbotn (16 May 1868{{cite book |last1=Gullvåg |first1=Kåre |title=Anders Vassbotn: diktar, hovding, menneske |date=1945 |publisher=Norsk skoletidendes boktrykkeri |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-9VBAAAAIAAJ&q=Anders+Vassbotn+%2216.+mai+1868%22 |access-date=8 October 2024 |language=no}} – 30 August 1944) was a Norwegian farmer, writer and politician for the Liberal Party. He was the mayor of Volda from 1911 to 1913.{{cite book |title=Stortinget og Statsrådet 1915-1945: Biografier, av Vilhelm Haffner |date=1949 |publisher=Aschehoug |page=748 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7DY5AQAAIAAJ&q=Anders+Vassbotn+%221911%22+Volda |access-date=8 October 2024 |language=no}} He sat in the Parliament of Norway from 1913 to 1930, and was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1939.{{cite web |last1=Helleve |first1=Eirik |title=Anders Vassbotn |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Anders_Vassbotn |website=Norsk biografisk leksikon |access-date=8 October 2024 |language=no |date=18 June 2024}}