Carl Adolph Dahl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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father of the Constitution of Norway and member of Stortinget
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Place of Birth: Rekefjord, Rogaland, Norway
About Carl Adolph Dahl
- Carl Adolph Dahl (11 August 1769 – 3 June 1819) was a Norwegian jurist and politician.
- Carl Adolph Dahl was born at Aave in Rekefjord at Sokndal, in Rogaland, Norway.
- Dahl graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1791.
- He worked as town clerk, acting magistrate and judge in Fredrikshald in Østfold.
- In 1795, he became acting commissioner in Fredrikshald.
- In 1797, he served as councilman and in 1798 judge in Tune and Veme.
- He also became Bailiff and town clerk in Tonsberg.
- In 1803, Dahl was bailiff in Fredrikshald and moved back there where he was also the judge in Idd and Marker.
- He represented Friderichshald (now Halden) at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. He was elected as a member of the Parliament of Norway in 1817.Carl Adolph Dahl was married to Johanne Theodora Stang (1780-1835).
- They bought the Vevlen farm (Vevlen gård på Idd) in 1808.
- They were the grandparents of Carl Adolf Dahl (1828-1907), who was the city engineer of Trondheim.
- Dahl was awarded Knighthood in the Order of the Dannebrog in 1810 and Order of the Polar Star in 1815.
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Source: Eidsvoll 1814: image no. EM.01541, via digitaltmuseum.no.
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| Native name | Eidsvoll 1814 | ||
| Parent institution | Norwegian Museum of Cultural History | ||
| Location | Eidsvoll, Norway | ||
| Coordinates | 60° 18' 04? N, 11° 10' 18? E   | ||
| Established | 1998 | ||
| Web page | http://www.eidsvoll1814.no/ | ||
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Source: Eidsvoll 1814: image no. EM.01541, via digitaltmuseum.no.
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