Nicolai Niels Nielsen

Nicolai Niels Nielsen (3 March 1777 – 10 July 1854) was a Norwegian priest and politician. [1]

Nicolai Niels Nielsen

He was born in the village Balbro on Funen, Denmark. He took his Cand.theol. in Copenhagen in 1804, and initially worked as a teacher in Zealand. In 1807 he moved to Norway, becoming a priest in Vardø in Finnmark, serving at Vardø Church. In 1810 he relocated to Holmedal Church in Sunnfjord.[2]

He was a member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. Together with Lars Johannes Irgens and Peder Hjermann, he was a representative of Nordre Bergenhuus (now Sogn og Fjordane). He primarily supported the position of the Independence Party (Selvstendighetspartiet)[3][4][5]

Nielsen was appointed priest in Eid Church in Nordfjord during 1821, and dean at the Indre Sogn deanery in Borgund Church in Nordre Bergenhus from 1835.[2] While stationed in Eid, he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1830, representing the constituency of Nordre Bergenhus Amt (now Sogn og Fjordane).[3] His primary interest was education policy.[2]

  1. ^ Niels (Nicolai) Nielsen (Eidsvollsmann) Eidsvoll 1814
  2. ^ a b c Nicolai Niels Nielsen at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ a b Nicolai Niels Nielsen — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
  4. ^ "Niels Nielsen (1777–1854)". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  5. ^ "Selvstendighetspartiet". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved November 1, 2017.