Nils Jønsberg (12 August 1808 – 28 April 1885) was a Norwegian priest and politician.

Biography

Nils Simensen Jønsberg was born on the Jønsberg farm in Romedal parish in

Hedmark Hedmark () was a Counties of Norway, county in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmar ...

county, Norway. He was the son of parish priest (''sogneprest'') Simen Christoffersen Jønsberg and Karen Dorthea Thesen Arneberg. He graduated at the Cathedral School in Christiania, (now

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) in 1827. He earned his theological degree in 1831. He started his career as a

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at the church in

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in Frogn Municipality in

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county. He graduated as

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in 1831. In 1835 he was appointed as parish priest at

Karlsøy Church Karlsøy Church () is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in Karlsøy Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located on the island of Karlsøya (Troms), Karlsøya. It is the former main church for the Karlsøy parish which is par ...

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county, where he also served as the first mayor (1838-1841) of

Karlsøy Municipality Karlsøy () is an island List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hansnes. Other villages include Dåfjord, Hessfjord, Karlsøya ( ...

. He was an elected to the

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in 1842, representing the constituency of Finmarkens Amt, which at that time consisted of both

Finnmark Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...

and

. He sat through only one term. Later he was parish priest in

Skjerstad Municipality Skjerstad () is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2005. The area is now part of Bodø Municipality in the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre wa ...

Nordland Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...

county (1843-1855), where he also was elected the mayor of (1844-1848) and (1852-1856). He was appointed vicar in

Skogn Municipality Skogn is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1962. The municipality was located to the south and southwest of the L ...

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a counties of Norway, county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Sør-Trøndelag ("South Trøndelag") county as well as the county of Nordl ...

county (1855-1868) and in

Arendal Municipality Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...

Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, ) was a county (''fylke'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . ...

county (1868-1881).Biographies
hosted by Trondheim public library His grandson Nils Erik Flakstad served as a member of Parliament representing the

market towns of Hedmark and Oppland counties The Market towns of Hedmark and Oppland counties () was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns () of Hamar and Kongsvinger in Hedmark county and Lillehammer and Gjøvik in Oppland county. The dis ...

.Nils Erik Flakstad
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)

References

1808 births 1885 deaths People from Stange People educated at Oslo Cathedral School Norwegian priest-politicians Finnmark politicians Members of the Storting 1842–1844 {{Norway-politician-1800s-stub