Background
Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland was born on the Birkeland farm in the parish of Undal near the village of Konsmo in Audnedal in Vest-Agder, Norway.
Omund Bjørnsen Birkeland was born on the Birkeland farm in the parish of Undal near the village of Konsmo in Audnedal in Vest-Agder, Norway.
He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814. He took over the farm from his father in 1808, at a time he was in military service. He served with the Vesterlenske Infantry Regiment (Vesterlenske infanteriregiment) which was a division in the Norwegian Army.
The soldiers within the unit were recruited from Telemark, Aust-Agder and Rogaland as well as from Vest-Agder.
He represented Vesterlenske infanteriregiment at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, together with Major Just Henrik Ely. At the Assembly, he supported the position of the union party (Unionspartiet).
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