Erich Haagensen Jaabech (6 December 1761 – 4 January 1845) was a Norwegian farmer who served as a representative at the
Norwegian Constitutional Assembly
The Norwegian Constituent Assembly ( or ) is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised the dissolution of the union with Denmark. The meetings took place at the Eidsvoll Manor in th ...
.
Jaabech was born in Usland at
Øyslebø
Øyslebø is a village in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located in the Mandalen valley along the Mandalselva river, about north of the town of Mandal. The Sørlandet Line passes the village to the north, stoppin ...
in
Vest-Agder
Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total popul ...
, Norway. He was the son of Haagen Olson Usland (1721–1773) and Marte Eriksdtr. Skjævesland (1731–1790). In 1788, he married Gunhild Olsdtr. Skjævesland (1763–1844) with whom he had eight children.
He was a farmer who also worked as a teacher in Øyslebø and
Holum
Holum is a former municipality that was located in the old Vest-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The administrative centre was the village of Krossen where Holum Church is located. T ...
. In 1806, he bought the farm Jaabekk in
Halse parish (''Jåbekk gård i Halse ved Mandal'') and established residence at that farm. He was also active as a trader, a blacksmith and a cooper.
He was elected to the
Norwegian Constituent Assembly
The Norwegian Constituent Assembly ( or ) is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised the dissolution of the union with Denmark. The meetings took place at the Eidsvoll Manor in th ...
in 1814, representing the constituency of
Mandals Amt (now Vest-Agder) together with
Osmund Andersen Lømsland Osmund Andersen Lømsland (2 July 1765 – 25 August 1841) was a Norwegian farmer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
Osmund Andersen Lømsland was born at the village of Mosby in Oddernes, a borough in Kristi ...
and
Syvert Omundsen Eeg. At the Assembly, all three supported the union party (''unionspartiet'').
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References
External links
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150813165401/http://eidsvollsmenn.no/english ''Men of Eidsvoll'' (eidsvollsmenn)
1761 births
1845 deaths
Fathers of the Constitution of Norway
Vest-Agder politicians
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