Simon Pedersen Holmesland (29 July 1823 – 11 January 1895) was a Norwegian politician.
He was born Holme in 1823 as the younger brother of Søren Pedersen Jaabæk,[1] who would sit in the Norwegian Parliament from 1845 to 1890. His youngest brother Peder Johan Pedersen Holmesland also became a politician.
Simon Pedersen Holmesland was himself elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1874, and re-elected in 1877, representing the rural constituency of Lister og Mandals Amt. He worked as a bailiff there.[2]
He married Maren Sørine Olsdatter, and their son Peter Karl Holmesland became a politician too,[3] so did Peter's son Eilif Løvrak Holmesland.[4]
References
edit- ^ Genealogy
- ^ Simon Pedersen Holmesland — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
- ^ Peter Karl Holmesland — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
- ^ Eilif Løvrak Holmesland — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
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