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Nils L. Landmark (11 March 1775 – 29 October 1859) was a Norwegian jurist, farmer and politician.
/ref> Contrary to some sources, he was not born with the name Landmark, but took the name as a grown-up. He had lost his father at the age of seven, and was raised by district stipendiary magistrate (''sorenskriver'')
at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia Stub would later be a founding father of the Norwegian Constitution in 1814. In 1801 he married Barbra Henriette Rantzau Heiberg. She died in 1828. In December 1835 Nils Landmark took his second wife Christiane Wilhelmine Lange. She was a sister of politicians Hans Nicolai, Otto Vincent and Ulrik Frederik Lange, sister-in-law of Even Hanssen and aunt of
at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia Besides this he specialized in fruit trees. He founded the organization ''Det Holmedalske Sogneselskab'', one of the earlier agricultural organizations in the district, and served as chairman for many years. In 1821 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament, representing the constituency of
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) His older brother Andreas Landmark, who was a bailiff in Romsdals Amt, served during the same period.Andreas Landmark
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
Nils Landmark retired from the position as district stipendiary magistrate in 1852. He died in 1859 in Fjaler.
Nils L. Landmark (11 March 1775 – 29 October 1859) was a Norwegian jurist, farmer and politician.
Personal life
He was born in Christiania to Nils Svensson and Karen Andersdatter Killerud.Nils Landmark genealogy/ref> Contrary to some sources, he was not born with the name Landmark, but took the name as a grown-up. He had lost his father at the age of seven, and was raised by district stipendiary magistrate (''sorenskriver'')
Jens Stub
Jens Stub (3 March 1764 – 24 October 1819) was a Norwegian priest and politician. He was vicar on the island of Veøya and served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.
Biography
He was the so ...
.Nils Landmarkat NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia Stub would later be a founding father of the Norwegian Constitution in 1814. In 1801 he married Barbra Henriette Rantzau Heiberg. She died in 1828. In December 1835 Nils Landmark took his second wife Christiane Wilhelmine Lange. She was a sister of politicians Hans Nicolai, Otto Vincent and Ulrik Frederik Lange, sister-in-law of Even Hanssen and aunt of
Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen
Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen (18 November 1821 - 23 December 1889) was a Norwegian politician.
Personal life
He was born in 1821 in Christiania as the son of jurist and politician Even Hanssen and his wife Barbara Abigael Lange. He had a younger ...
.
In total, Nils Landmark was the father of fifteen children. One of his sons from the first marriage, Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark, became a jurist and politician. Others became physicians or priests, and several of the grandchildren became authors. From the second marriage he had the sons Johan Theodor, agrarian leader, and Even Anton Thomas, jurist and zoologist.
In addition, he was the younger brother of Andreas Landmark
Andreas Landmark (14 April 1769 – 2 December 1839) was a Norwegian politician and civil servant.
Biography
Personal life
He was born in Christiania to Nils Svensson – a weaver from Värmland, Sweden – and Karen Andersdatter Killerud. Hi ...
and uncle of Jens Landmark.
Career
Landmark first earned his living by helping out at the magistrate office of Jens Stub. With Stub's help, Nils Landmark moved toCopenhagen
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to study. 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.
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in 1797, and was hired as an attorney at the magistrate office. In 1808 Landmark was promoted to district stipendiary magistrate of Sunnfjord
Sunnfjord ( en, the southern fjord - in contrast to Nordfjord) is a traditional district in Western Norway located in Vestland county. It includes the municipalities of Askvoll, Fjaler, the southernmost parts of Kinn, Sunnfjord, and the souther ...
. He settled at the farm Tysse in Fjaler in 1809.
Under Landmark's household, the farm Tysse was expanded and improved into a so-called model farm. He was one of the first people in the district to commence organized forest planting; especially fraxinus excelsior, ulmus glabra, salix og acer platanoides
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.''Det Holmedalske Sogneselskab''at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia Besides this he specialized in fruit trees. He founded the organization ''Det Holmedalske Sogneselskab'', one of the earlier agricultural organizations in the district, and served as chairman for many years. In 1821 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament, representing the constituency of
Nordre Bergenhus Amt
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 co ...
.Nils Landmark— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) His older brother Andreas Landmark, who was a bailiff in Romsdals Amt, served during the same period.
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Landmark, Nils 1775 births 1859 deaths Members of the Storting Sogn og Fjordane politicians Norwegian jurists Norwegian farmers Norwegian people of Swedish descent