Nils Pedersen Igland (1833–1898) was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the

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. He was born in

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municipality. In 1856 he married Åse Terjesdatter Helleland, and the couple had three children. His wife dying in 1869, he married Ellen Marie Johannesdatter Skiftenes three years later.Genealogy
/ref> Elen was born in 1845. They had 11 children: Åsta Marie Nilsdatter Vormeli (Igland), Aase Nilsdatter Igland and 9 other children. He was elected to the

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in 1868, representing the constituency of Nedenæs Amt. He worked as a farmer there. He was later elected in 1871, 1877, 1889, 1892 and 1895, and represented the

.Nils Pedersen Igland
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He died in

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in 1898, at the age of 65.

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1833 births 1898 deaths Members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Aust-Agder politicians {{Norway-politician-1830s-stub