Peter Karl Holmesland

Peter Karl Holmesland

Peter Karl Holmesland (24 June 1866 - 1933) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party.

Born in Holme as the son of former parliament member Simon Pedersen Holmesland, he enrolled as a student in 1884, graduated as cand.jur. in 1889 and started working as an attorney. In 1892 he was a clerk for Statistics Norway and the Ministry of Finance. He became acting stipendiary magistrate ("byfoged") in Larvik in 1899, and district stipendiary magistrate ("sorenskriver") in Gjerpen in 1909. [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11305 Peter Karl Holmesland] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ] Gjerpen district comprised Gjerpen, Porsgrund, Slemdal, Solum and Holla. Holmesland stayed in this position until his death in 1933. [ [http://www.porsgrunn.folkebibl.no/bok/porsgrunn-1957/b2/ph-16d.html Næringslivet frem til 1. verdenskrig] , in volume two of "Porsgrunns historie", by Joh. N. Tønnessen. Hosted by Porsgrunn public library.]

From 1901 to 1904 he had been a member of Larvik city council. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1913, representing the urban constituency of Porsgrund. He served only one three-year term.b]

He married Gunhild Løvrak, and their son Eilif Løvrak Holmesland became a jurist and politician too. [ [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11303 Eilif Løvrak Holmesland] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ]

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