Jens Stub
Jens Stub (3 March 1764 – 24 October 1819) was a Norwegian priest and politician. He was vicar on the island of Veøya and served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.[1][2]
Biography[edit]
He was the son of district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) Johan Daniel Stub (1736–1802) and grandson of Lauritz Stub (1708-1774), both of whom served as judges in Bergen. He grew up in the parish of Eid in the county of Nordre Bergenhus, Norway. His brother was Gerhard Heiberg Stub (1781-1831), a merchant in Bergen.[3] In August 1793 he married his cousin Gjertrud Helene Heiberg (1774–1852) at Talvik in Finnmark.[4]
Jens Stub was a priest by education. He earned his degree in theology (Cand.theol.) in 1788. He was a Church of Norway priest at Alta Church in Finnmark. He was vicar of Veøy Church in Romsdalsfjord from 1801 until his death,[5][6] when he was succeeded by Johan Christopher Haar Daae.
Stub was a member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll Manor in 1814. He served as a representative of Romsdals Amt together with Hilmar Meincke Krohg and Elling Olsson Walbøe. During negotiations at the National Assembly, he voted with the Union Party (Unionspartiet).[7][8] He died in a boating accident during 1819 at Tresfjord in Romsdal county.[6][4]
References[edit]
- ^ Knut Dørum Jens Stub (Store norske leksikon)
- ^ "Jens Stub". Eidsvoll 1814. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ Jon Gunnar Arntzen Stub (Store norske leksikon)
- ^ a b Genealogy
- ^ Svein Askheim. "Alta-Talvik". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ a b Jens Stub at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Unionspartiet". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ Jens Stub — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
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