Hans Jensen Blom (19 May 1812 – 13 April 1875) was a
Norwegian politician and
clergyman.
Hans Jensen Blom was from
Skien in
Telemark county, Norway.
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at the Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...
) ''Blom – slekt fra Skien'' (Store norske leksikon)
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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1848, representing the constituency of Stavanger
Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...
. He worked as a chaplain there, but was then appointed vicar (''sogneprest'') in the countryside, being re-elected in 1851 and 1854 from ''Stavanger Amt''.[Hans Jensen Blom](_blank)
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He was appointed vicar in Kinn at the Kinn Church
Kinn Church ( no, Kinn kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Kinn. It is one of two churches for the Kinn parish which is part of the Sunnfjord pr ...
in 1854, and was elected to Parliament from the constituency ''Nordre Bergenhuus Amt'' (now Sogn og Fjordane) in 1859 and 1862. In 1862 he moved to Melhus, and represented ''Søndre Trondhjems Amt'' (now Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...
) as a deputy representative in 1868.
See also
*Blom (family from Skien) Blom is a Norwegian family descended from Jan Fredriksen (died 1624), a citizen of Skien. His son, parish priest Fredrik Blom (died 1657), Lårdal, adopted the family name Blom. According to playwright Henrik Ibsen, the family was one of the patric ...
References
1812 births
1875 deaths
Politicians from Skien
Members of the Storting
Politicians from Stavanger
Sogn og Fjordane politicians
Norwegian priest-politicians
Norwegian chaplains
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