Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland (30 April 1786 – 14 April 1862) was a Norwegian farmer and soldier. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. [1] [2]
Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland was born on the Birkeland farm in the parish of Undal near the village of Konsmo in Audnedal in Vest-Agder, Norway. He took over the farm from his father in 1808, at a time he was in military service. He served with the Vesterlenske Infantry Regiment (Vesterlenske infanteriregiment) which was a division in the Norwegian Army. The soldiers within the unit were recruited from Telemark, Aust-Agder and Rogaland as well as from Vest-Agder. He was married to Asbør Torgiusdotter and the couple had three children. [3] [4] [5]
He represented Vesterlenske infanteriregiment at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, together with Major Just Henrik Ely. At the Assembly, he supported the position of the union party (Unionspartiet). [6] [7] [8]
References edit
- ^ Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland (Eidsvoll 1814)
- ^ Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland, forsvaret (Grunnlovsjubileet0
- ^ Birkeland, Omund Bjørnsen (Eidsvollsmann)
- ^ Birkeland i Konsmo (Matrikkelutkastet av 1950
- ^ Vesterlenske infanteriregiment (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
- ^ Vesterlenske infanteriregiment (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
- ^ Unionspartiet (Norsk partipolitisk leksikon)
- ^ "Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
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Related Reading edit
- Holme Jørn (2014) De kom fra alle kanter - Eidsvollsmennene og deres hus (Oslo: Cappelen Damm) ISBN 978-82-02-44564-5
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