Ole Gabriel Gabrielsen Ueland
Ole Gabriel Ueland (28 October 1799 – 9 January 1870) was a Norwegian political leader and member of the Norwegian Parliament. (1833-1869). Historians credit him with having popularized politics in rural Norway, paving the way for individuals of limited backgrounds to rise to positions of political importance.[1][2]
Ueland was the son of Gabriel Osmundsen (1760-1843) and his wife Ingeborg Osmundsdatter Skaaland (1764-1816). Ueland was born on the Skåland farm in Lund parish in Rogaland, Norway. Ueland was raised in traditional district of Dalane, a region characterized by small farms and an environment influenced by the Haugean Movement (haugianere).[3]
Although his formal education had been limited to random local lessons, he had proven an unusual aptitude for learning and an appetite for reading. From 1817 until 1825, Ueland was a schoolteacher in Lund parish. He had by way of marriage acquired the Uelnd farm (Ueland i Heskestad). By 1827, he was installed as the sexton in the local church at Heskestad in Lund parish. From 1827 to 1852 he was a teacher in Heskestad, before he became sheriff (1852-1856).[4]
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1833, representing the rural constituency of Stavanger Amt (now Rogaland). He remained a parliament member until 1869, having been re-elected thirteen times.[5] He became the leader for the peasant and farmer's movement in politics and earned respect for his deliberate and wise political outlook.
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson wrote of him:
- Though he is a farmer behind his plough
- and a sailor in his boat
- he thought as well as anyone
- in all the King's council
- When he met in parliament
- to promote the cause of farmers
- every word gave birth to a ray
- in the people's young day .[6]
References
- ↑ "Ole Gabriel Ueland". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ↑ "The Scandinavian Heritage: The Haugeans at Eidsvoll". The Pilot-Independent (Walker, MN). Retrieved June 15, 2016.
- ↑ Hallgeir Elstad. "haugianere". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
- ↑ Åsmund Svendsen. "Ole Gabriel Ueland". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- ↑ Ole Gabriel Gabrielsen Ueland — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
- ↑ Poems and songs: by Bjornstjerne Bjornson