Simon Pedersen Holmesland

Simon Pedersen Holmesland (1823 - 1895) was a Norwegian politician.

He was born Holme in 1823 as the younger brother of Søren Pedersen Jaabæk,^[1] who would sit in the Norwegian Parliament from 1845 to 1890. His youngest brother Peder Johan Pedersen Holmesland also became a politician.

Simon Pedersen Holmesland was himself elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1874, and re-elected in 1877, representing the rural constituency of Lister og Mandals Amt. He worked as a bailiff there.^[2]

He married Maren Sørine Olsdatter, and their son Peter Karl Holmesland became a politician too,^[3] so did Peter's son Eilif Løvrak Holmesland.^[4]

References

^ Genealogy
^ Simon Pedersen Holmesland — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
^ Peter Karl Holmesland — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
^ Eilif Løvrak Holmesland — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)

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Name	Holmesland, Simon Pedersen
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Date of birth	1823
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Date of death	1895
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