Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland (30 April 1786 – 14 April 1862) was a Norwegian farmer and soldier. He served as a representative at the

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at Eidsvoll in 1814. Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland was born on the Birkeland farm in the parish of

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near the village of Konsmo in Audnedal in

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, Norway. He took over the farm from his father in 1808, at a time he was in military service. He served with the Vesterlenske Infantry Regiment (''Vesterlenske infanteriregiment'') which was a division in the Norwegian Army. The soldiers within the unit were recruited from Telemark,

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and

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as well as from Vest-Agder. He was married to Asbør Torgiusdotter and the couple had three children. He represented ''Vesterlenske infanteriregiment'' at 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 th ...

in 1814, together with Major

Just Henrik Ely Just Henrik Ely (30 November 1759 – 30 March 1824) was a Norwegian military officer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly during 1814. Just Henrik Ely born at Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway. His father was ...

. At the Assembly, he supported the position of the union party (''Unionspartiet''). ''Unionspartiet'' (Norsk partipolitisk leksikon)
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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150813165401/http://eidsvollsmenn.no/english ''Men of Eidsvoll'' (eidsvollsmenn)

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