Jens Erichstrup, 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: Skien, Eastern Norway, Norway
About Jens Erichstrup
- Jens Erichstrup (10 November 1775 – 18 August 1826) was a Norwegian jurist and elected official.
- He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.Jens Erichstrup was born in Skien in Telemark, Norway.
- He received an education in law and graduated as cand.jur.
- in 1798. From 1801 to 1810 he worked in the Treasury (Rentekammeret), the first two years as copyist, later as proxy.
- He was appointed bailiff (fogedcode: nor promoted to code: no ) of Lister in Vest-Agder during 1810.
- He was elected to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, representing the constituency of Lister Amt, together with Gabriel Lund and Teis Lundegaard.
- At Eidsvoll, he supported the position of the union party (Unionspartiet).In 1818, he was appointed bailiff in Laurvig.
- He was also elected in 1818 as a representative from Lister og Mandals amt (now Vest-Agder) to the Norwegian Parliament where he served as secretary on the election and the budget committees.
- He subsequently became acting County Governor of Jarlsbergs og Laurvigs Amt (now Vestfold).
- While serving there, he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1821 as a representative from Laurvig Grevskab (now Larvik) and in 1824 representing Jarlsberg og Laurviks amt (now Vestfold).
- Erichstrup was then County Governor of Rogalands Amt (now Rogaland) from 1825 until his death.
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