Ole Elias Holck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ole Elias Holck

officer, father of the Constitution of Norway and member of Stortinget

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1774

Place of Birth: Eivindvik, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1842

Profession: politician

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Ole Elias Holck

  • Ole Elias Holck (6 January 1774 – 14 July 1842) was a Norwegian military officer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.Ole Elias Holck was born at the village of Hyllestad in Gulen in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.
  • He was the third of 14 children born to a military family.
  • He was married in 1812 with Karen Sophie Hansen (1786-1873).
  • The couple took over her parents’ farm in Lavik, where they raised their family.
  • He was made a Second Lieutenant in the Sogndal Company in 1797 and promoted to First Lieutenant in the Nordhordland Company during 1801.
  • He advanced to company commander in Bergen Regiment in 1809.
  • In 1818, he became chief of Søndfjordske Musketeer Corps.
  • He was promoted to Colonel in 1828 and Adjutant General in 1834.
  • He received discharged from military service in 1841.He represented the Bergenhus Infantry Regiment (Bergenhusiske Infanteri-Regiment ) at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 where he supported the independence party (Selvstendighetspartiet).
  • He was later a member of the Parliament of Norway, where he represented Nordre Bergenhus Amt (now Sogn og Fjordane) during the periods 1818-20, 1824–26 and 1839-41.
  • He was decorated Knight of the Swedish Order of the Sword in 1818.

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