Jens Jensen Gram (12 February 1779 – 2 November 1824) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He was born in

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as the son of Jens Gram. He studied at the

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from 1798, and graduated with the

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degree in 1804. He worked in the Danish Chancellery from 1806 until 1808, when he was appointed as acting district stipendiary magistrate of Ringerike and

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. He got the position on a permanent basis in 1815. He lived in

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from 1808, and at Ask from 1816. He was a deputy representative to

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in 1814, and was elected to the

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in 1818 and 1821, representing the constituency of Buskeruds Amt. He served as

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. Due to a

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in late 1821, he was not re-elected in 1823. In April 1806 in

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he married Reinholdine Boll (1779–1859). Through his son Paul James Reinhold Harald Gram he was a grandfather of

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and great-grandfather of

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. Through his son Johan Georg Boll Gram he was a grandfather of Andrea Gram and

Jens Gram Jens Gram (15 November 1840 – 22 January 1912) was a Norwegian industrialist. Personal life He was born in Ask as a son of Johan Georg Boll Gram and Fredrikke Severine Mathea Stabell. He was a brother of Andrea Gram, grandson of Jens Jensen ...

, and through the latter a grandfather of Johan Fredrik and Mads Gram, He died on 2 November 1824 in Christiania.

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1779 births 1824 deaths Norwegian jurists Buskerud politicians University of Copenhagen alumni Norwegian expatriates in Denmark Members of the Storting 1821–1823 Members of the Storting 1818–1820 {{Norway-politician-1770s-stub