Lars Johannes Irgens (9 October 1775 – 22 April 1830) was a Norwegian jurist and public official. He served as a representative at the
Norwegian Constitutional Assembly
The Norwegian Constituent Assembly (in Norwegian ''Grunnlovsforsamlingen'', also known as ''Riksforsamlingen'') is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll in Norway, that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised th ...
.
Lars Johannes Irgens was born in
Hof in
Solør Solør is a Norwegian traditional district consisting of the valley between Elverum in the north and Kongsvinger in the south. It is part of Innlandet county and it includes the municipalities Våler, Åsnes, and Grue.
Glomma valley
Glommadal ...
,
Hedmark
Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar.
Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged i ...
, Norway. He was the son of the parish priest of Hof.
He was married to Christiane Louise Smith (1778-1858) with whom he had eight children including Norwegian government minister
Nils Christian Irgens
Nils Christian Irgens (10 October 1811 – 25 April 1878) was a Norwegian military officer and politician.
He was born in Sogndal as the son of Lars Johannes Irgens, founding father of the Norwegian Constitution. Nils Christian Irgens became a mil ...
.
He served as a lieutenant in Oppland Dragon Corps (''Oplandske Dragonregiment''). He graduated as
cand.jur.
Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries.
...
in 1802, and was appointed district stipendiary magistrate (''sorenskriver'') at
Sogn
Sogn is a traditional district in Western Norway ''(Vestlandet)''. It is located in the county of Vestland, surrounding the Sognefjord, the largest/longest fjord in Norway. The district of Sogn consists of the municipalities of Aurland, Balestra ...
in
Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the cou ...
the same year. He held this office until his death .
He represented Nordre Bergenhus amt (now
Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the cou ...
) at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at
Eidsvoll
Eidsvoll (; sometimes written as ''Eidsvold'') is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet.
General information
E ...
in 1814 together with
Peder Hjermann
Peder Hjermann (1 December 1754 – 25 December 1834) was a farmer and elected official who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.
Peder (Per) Pedersson Hjermann was born in Lærdal in Sogn og Fjordane. He was ...
and
Niels Nielsen. All three representatives supported the independence party (''Selvstendighetspartiet'').
[Lars Johannes Irgens]
at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia [Lars Johannes Irgens](_blank)
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)''Selvstendighetspartiet'' (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
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References
External links
Lars Johannes Irgens, Eidsvollsmennene
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150813165401/http://eidsvollsmenn.no/english ''Men of Eidsvoll'' (eidsvollsmenn)
Related Reading
* Holme Jørn (2014) ''De kom fra alle kanter - Eidsvollsmennene og deres hus'' (Oslo: Cappelen Damm)
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1775 births
1830 deaths
Fathers of the Constitution of Norway
Members of the Storting
Sogn og Fjordane politicians
Norwegian jurists
19th-century Norwegian people