Background
Osmund Andersen Lømsland was born at the village of Mosby in Oddernes, a borough in Kristiansand, Norway.
Osmund Andersen Lømsland was born at the village of Mosby in Oddernes, a borough in Kristiansand, Norway.
He was engaged in farming. In 1806, he bought the farm Lømsland at Tveit in Vest-Agder where he remained throughout his life. About 1790, Osmund Andersen was married with Anna Torstensdatter Lauvsland from the parish of Finsland (1766-1837).
The couple had seven children born in the period 1790- 1803, of whom only three lived into adulthood.
He was elected to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, representing the constituency of Mandals Amt (now Vest-Agder). At the Assembly, he supported the union party (Unionspartiet).