Mads Pagh Bruun (5 September 1809, in

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– 23 September 1884) was a Danish politician and speaker of the Landsting, a chamber of the

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. He was a member of the National Constitutional Assembly from 1848 to 1849, a member of the Landsting from 1849 to 1853 and again from 1857 to 1874 and a member of the

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from 1854 to 1855, representing the National Liberal Party.

References

*Bille, C. St. A. (1889).
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tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537–1814. III. bind, Brandt — Clavus.'' Copenhagen: Gyldendal, pp. 171–72. *Skou, Kaare R. (2005). ''Dansk politik A-Å'' . Aschehoug, p. 128. . 1809 births 1884 deaths People from Fredericia Speakers of the Landsting (Denmark) {{Denmark-politician-stub