About Nils Hilsen
Lived 1794 – 1872 (aged 78). Nils Hilsen was a Norwegian politician.
Nils Nilsen Hilsen (20 May 1794 – 25 July 1872) was a Norwegian teacher and politician.
He hailed from Snarum in Modum, but worked as a sexton and teacher in Lier. Among others he served as mayor and director of the loval savings bank. He was a brother of fellow politician Hans Nilsen Gubberud.
He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1847. He then had a one-term hiatus before being steadily re-elected in 1853, 1856, 1859, and 1862. He represented the constituency of Buskeruds Amt.
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Norwegian politician
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Nils Hilsen was born on 20 May 1794 in Modum Municipality.
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Nils Hilsen died on 25 July 1872.
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Nils Hilsen was a politician.
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