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and geologist Jacob Pavels Friis. Nicolai Friis was chaplain in

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in 1840, and served as mayor of the municipality for a period of ten years. In 1853 he founded the local library with a fund grant from the state. He served as a deputy representative to the

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in 1854, and later during the term 1862–1863, representing

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whereto he had moved. Died at Eidsvoll in 1888.

References

Nicolai Friis
at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia
1815 births 1888 deaths Deputy members of the Storting Mayors of places in Sogn og Fjordane People from Førde {{Norway-politician-1810s-stub