Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland


Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland was a Norwegian farmer and soldier. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.
Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland was born on the Birkeland farm in the parish of Undal near the village of Konsmo in Audnedal in Vest-Agder, Norway. He took over the farm from his father in 1808, at a time he was in military service. He served with the Vesterlenske Infantry Regiment which was a division in the Norwegian Army. The soldiers within the unit were recruited from Telemark, Aust-Agder and Rogaland as well as from Vest-Agder. He was married to Asbør Torgiusdotter and the couple had three children.
He represented Vesterlenske infanteriregiment at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, together with Major Just Henrik Ely.
At the Assembly, he supported the position of the union party.

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