Peter Karl Holmesland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Holum, Southern Norway, Norway
About 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.
- Gjerpen district comprised Gjerpen, Porsgrund, Slemdal, Solum and Holla.
- Holmesland stayed in this position until his death in 1933.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.He married Gunhild Løvrak, and their son Eilif Løvrak Holmesland became a jurist and politician too.
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