Simon Pedersen Holmesland

Simon Pedersen Holmesland (1823 - 1895) was a Norwegian politician.

He was born Holme in 1823 as the younger brother of Søren Pedersen Jaabæk, [ [http://www.eskeland.net/tng/getperson.php?personID=I7068&tree=fd Genealogy] ] who would sit in the Norwegian Parliament from 1845 to 1890. His youngest brother Peder Johan Pedersen Holmesland also became a politician.

Simon Pedersen Holmesland was himself elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1874, and re-elected in 1877, representing the rural constituency of Lister og Mandals Amt. He worked as a bailiff there. [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11306 Simon Pedersen Holmesland] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ]

He married Maren Sørine Olsdatter, and their son Peter Karl Holmesland became a politician too, [ [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) ] so did Peter's son Eilif Løvrak Holmesland. [ [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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