Nicolai Niels Nielsen
Nicolai Niels Nielsen (3 March 1777 – 10 July 1854) was a Norwegian priest and politician. [1]
He was born in the village Balbro on Funen, Denmark. He took his Cand.theol. in Copenhagen in 1804, and initially worked as a teacher in Zealand. In 1807 he moved to Norway, becoming a priest in Vardøe in Finnmark. In 1810 he relocated to Holmedal in Sunnfjord.[2]
He was a member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. Together with Lars Johannes Irgens and Peder Hjermann, he was a representative of Nordre Bergenhuus (now Sogn og Fjordane). He primarily supported the position of the Independence Party (Selvstendighetspartiet) [3][4][5]
Nielsen was appointed priest in Eid in Nordfjord during 1821, and dean at the Indre Sogn deanery in Borgund in Sogn og Fjordane from 1835.[2] While stationed in Eid, he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1830, representing the constituency of Nordre Bergenhus Amt (now Sogn og Fjordane).[3] His primary interest was education policy.[2]
References edit
- ^ Niels (Nicolai) Nielsen (Eidsvollsmann) Eidsvoll 1814
- ^ a b c Nicolai Niels Nielsen at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (in Norwegian)
- ^ a b Nicolai Niels Nielsen — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
- ^ "Niels Nielsen (1777–1854)". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ "Selvstendighetspartiet". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved November 1, 2017.