Gabriel Lund (4 October 1773 – 3 November 1832) was a Norwegian merchant and representative at the
Norwegian Constituent Assembly
The Norwegian Constituent Assembly ( or ) is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised the dissolution of the union with Denmark. The meetings took place at the Eidsvoll Manor in th ...
.
Biography
Gabriel Jochumsen Lund was born in
Farsund
is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Lister Region, Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Farsund (town ...
in
Vest-Agder
Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total popul ...
, Norway. He graduated with a degree in theology in 1795 but did not join the ministry. He was engaged in trade in Farsund with his father, merchant, trader and shipowner
Jochum Brinch Lund
Jochum Brinch Lund (25 November 1743, in Farsund – 16 September 1807, in Farsund) was a Norwegian merchant, shipowner and industrial pioneer. He is also regarded as the founder of the town of Farsund.
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(1743-1807) He subsequently took over the trading house and ran it until 1830. Later he served as postmaster in
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...
. He represented
Lister amt at the
Norwegian Constituent Assembly
The Norwegian Constituent Assembly ( or ) is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised the dissolution of the union with Denmark. The meetings took place at the Eidsvoll Manor in th ...
in 1814. He was a member of the Finance Committee and supported the independence party (''Selvstendighetspartiet'').
He was a member of the
Parliament of Norway
The Storting ( ; ) 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 based on party-list proportional represe ...
from 1827 to 1830 representing Lister and Mandals amt (now
Vest-Agder
Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total popul ...
).
He was married to Gidsken Edvardine Røring (1781-1841) with whom he had seven children. The family resided at Husan Manor in Farsund which had been built by Jochum Brinch Lund ca 1800. The original wooden structure was partially destroyed by fire in 1940. It was later restored and is now in use as the Farsund City Hall (''Husan, Farsunds rådhus''). In 1990, the city of Farsund received the “Europa Nostra” prize for the successful restoration of the former manor house.
''Lund, Gabriel Jochumsen'' (Eidsvollsmann)
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References
Other sources
*Abrahamsen, Olav Arild (1997) ''Farsund bys historie'' (Farsund kommune)
Related Reading
*Stylegard, Frans-Arne (2014) ''Gabriel Lund og Husan i Farsund'' in ''De kom fra alle kanter - Eidsvollsmennene og deres hus'' (edited by Jørn Holme, published by Cappelen Damm)
External links
Husan - Farsunds rådhus
Husan, Farsunds rådhus
1773 births
1832 deaths
People from Farsund
Norwegian merchants
Fathers of the Constitution of Norway
19th-century Norwegian businesspeople
Members of the Storting 1830–1832
Members of the Storting 1827–1829
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