Simon Pedersen Holmesland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Holum, Southern Norway, Norway
About Simon Pedersen Holmesland
- 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, 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.He married Maren Sørine Olsdatter, and their son Peter Karl Holmesland became a politician too, so did Peter's son Eilif Løvrak Holmesland.
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