Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland Explained

Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland (30 April 1786  - 14 April 1862) was a Norwegian farmer and soldier. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. ^{[1] [2]}

Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland was born on the Birkeland farm in the parish of Undal near the village of Konsmo in Audnedal in Vest-Agder, 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, Aust-Agder and Rogaland as well as from Vest-Agder. He was married to Asbør Torgiusdotter and the couple had three children.^{[3] [4] [5]}

He represented Vesterlenske infanteriregiment at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, together with Major Just Henrik Ely.At the Assembly, he supported the position of the union party (Unionspartiet).^{[6] [7] [8]}

External links

• Representantene på Eidsvoll 1814 (Cappelen Damm AS)
• Men of Eidsvoll (eidsvollsmenn)

Related Reading

• Holme Jørn (2014) De kom fra alle kanter - Eidsvollsmennene og deres hus (Oslo: Cappelen Damm)

Notes and References

1. http://www.eidsvoll1814.no/?aid=9061021&selected=9061800 Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland (Eidsvoll 1814)
2. http://grunnlovsjubileet.va.no/om-grunnlovsjubileet/omund-bjornsen-birkeland/ Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland, forsvaret (Grunnlovsjubileet0
3. http://data.eidsvollsmenn.no/tng/getperson.php?personID=I47258&tree=Eidsvollsmenn Birkeland, Omund Bjørnsen (Eidsvollsmann)
4. http://www.dokpro.uio.no/cgi-bin/stad/matr50 Birkeland i Konsmo (Matrikkelutkastet av 1950
5. https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/index.php/Vesterlenske_infanteriregiment Vesterlenske infanteriregiment (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
6. https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/index.php/Vesterlenske_infanteriregiment Vesterlenske infanteriregiment (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
7. http://partileksikon.blogspot.com/2009/01/unionspartiet.htm Unionspartiet (Norsk partipolitisk leksikon)
8. Encyclopedia: Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 14 March 2011 .