Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland

Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland by P. Meidell. Owner: Eidsvoll 1814. From DigitaltMuseum

Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland (30 April 1786 – 14 April 1862) was a Norwegian farmer and soldier. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. ^{[1] [2]}

Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland was born on the Birkeland farm in the parish of Undal near the village of Konsmo in Audnedal in Vest-Agder, Norway. He took over the farm from his father in 1808, at a time he was in military service. He served with the Vesterlenske Infantry Regiment (Vesterlenske infanteriregiment) which was a division in the Norwegian Army. The soldiers within the unit were recruited from Telemark, Aust-Agder and Rogaland as well as from Vest-Agder. He was married to Asbør Torgiusdotter and the couple had three children. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

He represented Vesterlenske infanteriregiment at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, together with Major Just Henrik Ely. At the Assembly, he supported the position of the union party (Unionspartiet). ^{[6] [7] [8]}

References

1. Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland (Eidsvoll 1814)
2. Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland, forsvaret (Grunnlovsjubileet0
3. Birkeland, Omund Bjørnsen (Eidsvollsmann)
4. Birkeland i Konsmo (Matrikkelutkastet av 1950
5. Vesterlenske infanteriregiment (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
6. Vesterlenske infanteriregiment (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
7. Unionspartiet (Norsk partipolitisk leksikon)
8. "Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 March 2011.

External links

• Representantene på Eidsvoll 1814 (Cappelen Damm AS)
• Men of Eidsvoll (eidsvollsmenn)

Related Reading

• Holme Jørn (2014) De kom fra alle kanter - Eidsvollsmennene og deres hus (Oslo: Cappelen Damm) ISBN 978-82-02-44564-5