Nicolai Niels Nielsen

Nicolai Niels Nielsen (3 March 1777-10 July 1854) was a Norwegian priest and politician. [1]

Nicolai Niels Nielsen

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.[3]

He 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

  1. ↑ Niels (Nicolai) Nielsen (Eidsvollsmann)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nicolai Niels Nielsen at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (Norwegian)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nicolai Niels Nielsen — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)