Even Thorsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly
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Place of Birth: Austre Moland, Aust-Agder, Norway
About Even Thorsen
- Even Thorsen ( 26 August 1778 – 24 March 1867 ) was a Norwegian sailor, farmer, and representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll.Even Thorsen was born at the Bjornes farm at Austre Moland (now Moland), in Arendal in Aust-Agder, Norway.
- In his youth, he went to sea working as a deckhand.
- During the Napoleonic wars, he was a prisoner of war in the United Kingdom from 1807, returning to Norway in 1810.
- As an adult, he lived with his family at Blekestrand, a farm in Flosta in Aust-Agder.He represented the Royal Norwegian Navy (Sjødefensjonen) at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814.
- Thorsen sympathized with the Independence Party (Selvstendighetspartiet).
- In 1857, the Norwegian Parliament granted him an annual honorary pension three years prior to his death.
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Eidsvoll 1814
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| Native name | Eidsvoll 1814 | ||
| Parent institution | Norwegian Museum of Cultural History | ||
| Location | Eidsvoll, Norway | ||
| Coordinates | 60° 18' 04? N, 11° 10' 18? E   | ||
| Established | 1998 | ||
| Web page | http://www.eidsvoll1814.no/ | ||
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Source: Eidsvoll 1814: image no. EM.01512, via digitaltmuseum.no.
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