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

  1. ↑ Genealogy
  2. ↑ Simon Pedersen Holmesland — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
  3. ↑ Peter Karl Holmesland — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
  4. ↑ Eilif Løvrak Holmesland — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)