Nils Astrup

Nils Astrup (11 November 1778 – 26 September 1835) was a Norwegian politician.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1820, representing the constituency of Nedenæs og Raabygdelagets Amt. He worked as a vogt there. He served only one term.^[1]

He was born in Ørskog.^[2] His father had immigrated from Slesvig.^[3] In 1816 in Molde he married Ingeborg Ross Müller (1788–1848) from Trondhjem. The couple had several children. Nils Astrup died in 1835 in Christiania.^[2] He was the great-grandfather of painter Nikolai Astrup, and also related to politician Hans Rasmus Astrup.

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