Nicolai Niels Nielsen (3 March 1777 – 10 July 1854) was a Norwegian priest and politician. Nicolai Nielsen

He was born in the village Balbro on Funen, Denmark. He took his

Cand.theol. Candidatus theologiæ (male), Candidata theologiæ (female), abbreviated cand. theol. is an academic degree with a long tradition, awarded after a six-year higher education in theology in Iceland, Denmark, and Norway. In Norway, the title has re ...

in Copenhagen in 1804, and initially worked as a teacher in Zealand. In 1807 he moved to Norway, becoming a priest in Vardøe in Finnmark. In 1810 he relocated to Holmedal in

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.Nicolai Niels Nielsen
at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia He was a member of the

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at Eidsvoll in 1814. Together with Lars Johannes Irgens and

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, he was a representative of Nordre Bergenhuus (now Sogn og Fjordane). He primarily supported the position of the Independence Party (''Selvstendighetspartiet'') Nicolai Niels Nielsen
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) Nielsen was appointed priest in

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in Nordfjord during 1821, and dean at the Indre Sogn deanery in Borgund in Sogn og Fjordane from 1835. While stationed in Eid, he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1830, representing the constituency of ''Nordre Bergenhus Amt'' (now Sogn og Fjordane). His primary interest was education policy.

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1777 births 1854 deaths Fathers of the Constitution of Norway Members of the Storting Sogn og Fjordane politicians Norwegian priest-politicians Danish emigrants to Norway {{Norway-politician-1770s-stub