Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe (10 October 1802 – 24 September 1887) was a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician. Leonhard_Christian_Borchgrevink_Holmboe

Personal life

He was born in

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as the son of bailiff Jens Holmboe (1752–1804) and his wife Anna Margrethe Irgens (1766–1851). He had several brothers and sisters. His brothers

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and Hans became involved in politics, so did his nephew Jens Holmboe. In 1828 he married Elisabeth Musæus, who hailed from

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. The couple had seven sons and two daughters.Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe genealogy
(vestraat.net) Their grandson

Cornelius Holmboe Cornelius Holmboe (17 April 1881 – 16 November 1947) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Justice in 1928. Personal life He was born in Tromsø as the youngest son of physician Johannes Michael Holmboe (1844–19 ...

was Minister of Justice in 1928.

Career

He was elected to the

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in 1836, representing the constituency of Nordlands Amt. He was elected again in 1842, representing the constituency of Finmarkens Amt.Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) (which at that time included both

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and

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) He worked as a minister, being appointed as

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in 1827,Priests in Buksnes
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e in 1839 and vicar in

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in 1860. He died in 1887 in

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1802 births 1887 deaths Members of the Storting Nordland politicians Politicians from Tromsø Norwegian priest-politicians 19th-century Norwegian people Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink {{Norway-reli-bio-stub