Sigurd Risting (13 May 1870 – 14 October 1935) was born in the district of Sunnfjord in Norway. He was studying at Nordfjords amtskole and Sogndals Folkehøgskule and examined at Stord lærarskule 1889. He was the second teacher in 1893 and principal in 1896 at Skiringssals ungdomsskule.