Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark (12 April 1802 – 16 November 1878) was a Norwegian jurist and politician.

Personal life

He was born in

Gloppen Gloppen is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. Gloppen is generally subdivided into three areas: Hyen in the west, Gloppen in the center, and Breim in the east. Each of the ...

to Nils Landmark and Barbra Henriette Rantzau Heiberg.Nils Landmark genealogy
/ref> His uncle Andreas Landmark was notable as a politician, and his grandfather had migrated to Norway from Sweden. In 1824 he married Dorthea Margrethe Finde Heiberg, his mother's niece.

Career

Like his father, he studied law, graduating as cand.jur. in 1826. In 1833 he was hired as an attorney in

Fjaler Fjaler is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre is the village of Dale. Other places in Fjaler include Espedal, Flekke, Folkestad, Guddal, and Hellevik ...

,Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark
at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia where his father was seated as the district stipendiary magistrate (''sorenskriver'') of Sunnfjord. Johan was given the property Fagervik, previously a part of his father's farm Tysse. He lived at Fagervik from 1833 to 1846. In 1847 he was appointed bailiff (''fut'') in

Sogn Sogn is a traditional district in Western Norway ''(Vestlandet)''. It is located in the county of Vestland, surrounding the Sognefjord, the largest/longest fjord in Norway. The district of Sogn consists of the municipalities of Aurland, Balestr ...

, and moved to Balestrand. Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark had a political career. When local governance was introduced in 1837, he became the first mayor of Yttre Holmedal municipality. In 1845 he served as a deputy representative to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

. He died in Balestrand.

References

1802 births 1878 deaths Deputy members of the Storting Mayors of places in Sogn og Fjordane Norwegian jurists Norwegian people of Swedish descent 19th-century Norwegian people People from Gloppen {{Norway-politician-1800s-stub