Ingelbrecht Knudssøn (14 December 1776 – 21 March 1826) was a

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civil servant and politician. Knudssøn was born at Byneset in Sør-Trøndelag. He received his law certification from the

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in 1804. He was a judge in

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1810–1815, magistrate in

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and bailiff in Molde 1816-1821 and from 1821 he was the judge in Strinda and

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. Knudssøn was elected in the

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in 1818 and 1821 as a representative from

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and Molde; in 1824 he represented

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1776 births 1826 deaths Presidents of the Storting Members of the Storting University of Copenhagen alumni People from Sør-Trøndelag Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters {{Norway-politician-1770s-stub