Livius Smitt

{{Short description|Norwegian jurist and politician}}

Livius Smitt (8 October 1840 – 4 March 1890) was a Norwegian jurist and politician, joining the Conservative Party in 1884.

Born in Vinje, he moved to Førde where he served as a barrister from 1867 ti 1881, and as major from 1874 to 1881. He was one of the founders of the newspaper Nordre Bergenhus Amtstidende in 1872 and Florø Træplantningsselskab. There is a street named for him in the town. He sat as a deputy member of the Parliament of Norway from 1877 to 1879 and then as a regular representative from 1880 to 1882. He then moved to Brevik where he also was elected as a parliamentarian. He turned down a seat in Stang's Cabinet.{{cite web |url=http://www.nrk.no/sf/leksikon/index.php/Livius_Smitt |title=Livius Smitt |publisher=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |language=Norwegian |access-date=24 September 2013}} During the late 1880s, Smitt was one of the main proponents of the Brevik Line, but died before Parliament passed the line in 1892.{{cite journal |last=Sørensen |first=Johnny |title=Breviksbanen |journal=Årbok |url=http://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/d1f94188ffa6e3e8f08861ab311da0e1 |year=1995 |publisher=Brevik historielag |location=Brevik |language=Norwegian |issn=0333-1377 |page=10}}