Nils Astrup (11 November 1778 – 26 September 1835) was a Norwegian politician. He was elected to the

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in 1820, representing the constituency of ''Nedenæs og Raabygdelagets Amt''. He worked as a

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there. He served only one term.Nils Astrup
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He was born in Ørskog.Genealogy
/ref> His father had immigrated from Slesvig.Mayors of Bolsøy
/ref> In 1816 in

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he married Ingeborg Ross Müller (1788–1848) from

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. The couple had several children. Nils Astrup died in 1835 in Christiania. He was the great-grandfather of painter

Nikolai Astrup Nikolai Astrup () (30 August 1880 – 21 January 1928) was a Norwegian modernist painter. Astrup was a distinctive, innovative artist noted principally for his intense use of color depicting the lush landscapes of Vestlandet featuring the trad ...

, and also related to politician

Hans Rasmus Astrup Hans Rasmus Astrup (17 April 1831 in Bolsøy – 19 February 1898) was a Norwegian industrial entrepreneur, philanthropist and politician with the Liberal Party. Astrup was born and raised in the parish of Bolsøy in Romsdalen county, Norway. ...

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1778 births 1835 deaths Møre og Romsdal politicians Norwegian people of German descent People from Ørskog Members of the Storting 1821–1823 {{Norway-politician-1770s-stub