Jonas Schanche Kielland (20 November 1863 – 1 June 1925) was a Norwegian judge and politician.

Family

He was born in

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to Jacob Kielland and his wife Thora Margrethe (1827–1902), née Bendz.Jonas Schancke Kielland genealogy
/ref> His grandfather was Jacob Kielland, his uncle Jens Zetlitz Kielland and his cousins Kitty Lange and

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. Jonas Schancke Kielland had four older brothers, one of whom died young, and one older sister. His brother Axel Christian Zetlitz Kielland became a diplomat, and another brother Christian Bendz Kielland became a high-ranking civil servant. In 1893 Jonas Schanche Kielland married Helene Christiane Lorange (1868–1925). The couple had two sons a one daughter: *Wibeke Trane Kielland, daughter: wife of museum director

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* Thor Bendz Kielland, son: director of the

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from 1928 to 1960

Career

He enrolled in law studies in 1881, and graduated with the

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degree in 1886. From 1889 to 1910 he worked as an attorney in

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. He rose in the hierarchy to become a judge in 1917 and

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('' byfogd'') of Stavanger in 1919. As a politician, he represented the Conservative Party and was first elected to

city council in 1902. He was later mayor of Stavanger from 1908 to 1909. He was elected to the

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in the

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, but after one year of the three-year term he relinquished his seat because of illness.Jonas Schancke Kielland
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) In 1911 he became

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of Stavanger, a position his cousin Alexander Kielland had held from 1891 to 1902.

References

1863 births 1925 deaths Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Rogaland Members of the Storting Members of the Storting 1910–1912 Norwegian judges People from Horten Politicians from Stavanger {{Norway-politician-1860s-stub