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.
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.
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).
References
- Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland (Eidsvoll 1814)
- Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland, forsvaret (Grunnlovsjubileet0
- Birkeland, Omund Bjørnsen (Eidsvollsmann)
- Birkeland i Konsmo (Matrikkelutkastet av 1950
- Vesterlenske infanteriregiment (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
- Vesterlenske infanteriregiment (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
- Unionspartiet (Norsk partipolitisk leksikon)
- "Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
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Related Reading
- Holme Jørn (2014) De kom fra alle kanter - Eidsvollsmennene og deres hus (Oslo: Cappelen Damm) ISBN 978-82-02-44564-5
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