Gabriel Lund was a Norwegian merchant and representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.
Background
Gabriel Jochumsen Lund was born in Farsund in Vest-Agder, Norway. He was engaged in trade in Farsund with his father, merchant, trader and shipowner Jochum Brinch Lund (1743-1807) He subsequently took over the trading house and ran it until 1830.
Education
He graduated with a degree in theology in 1795 but did not join the ministry.
Career
Later he served as postmaster in Trondheim.He represented Lister amt at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814. The family resided at Husan Manor in Farsund which had been built by Jochum Brinch Lund ca 1800. The original wooden structure was partially destroyed by fire in 1940.
lieutenant was later restored and is now in use as the Farsund City Hall (Husan, Farsunds rådhus).
Stylegard, Frans-Arne (2014) Gabriel Lund og Husan i Farsund in De kom fra alle kanter - Eidsvollsmennene og deres hus (edited by Jørn Holme, published by Cappelen Damm).
Membership
He was a member of the Finance Committee and supported the independence party (Selvstendighetspartiet). He was a member of the Parliament of Norway from 1827 to 1830 representing Lister and Mandals amt (now Vest-Agder).