Erich Haagensen Jaabech (6 December 1761 – 4 January 1845) was a Norwegian farmer who served as a representative at the

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. Jaabech was born on Usland at Øyslebø in

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, Norway. He was the son of Haagen Olson Usland (1721-1773) and Marte Eriksdtr. Skjævesland (1731-1790). In 1788, he married Gunhild Olsdtr. Skjævesland (1763-1844) with whom he had eight children. He was a farmer who also worked as a teacher in Øyslebø and

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. In 1806, he bought the farm Jaabekk in Halse parish (''Jåbekk gård i Halse ved Mandal'') and established residence at that farm. He was also active as a trader, blacksmith and cooper. He was elected to the

Norwegian Constituent 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 t ...

in 1814, representing the constituency of Mandals Amt (now Vest-Agder) together with Osmund Andersen Lømsland and Syvert Omundsen Eeg. At the Assembly, all three supported the union party (''unionspartiet''). ''Erich Haagensen Jaabech'' – Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150813165401/http://eidsvollsmenn.no/english ''Men of Eidsvoll'' (eidsvollsmenn) 1761 births 1845 deaths Fathers of the Constitution of Norway Vest-Agder politicians {{Norway-politician-1760s-stub