About Peter Karl Holmesland
Lived 1866 – 1933 (aged 66). Peter Karl Holmesland was a Norwegian politician and jurist.
Peter Karl Holmesland (24 June 1866 – 1933) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party.
Born in Holme Municipality as the son of former parliament member Simon Pedersen Holmesland, he enrolled as a student in 1884, graduated as cand.jur. in 1889 and started working as an attorney. In 1892 he was a clerk for Statistics Norway and the Ministry of Finance. He became acting stipendiary magistrate in the town of Larvik in 1899, and district stipendiary magistrate for Gjerpen in 1909. At that time, the Gjerpen district comprised Gjerpen, Porsgrund, Slemdal, Solum, and Holla. Holmesland stayed in this position until his death in 1933.
From 1901 to 1904 he had been a member of the municipal council of Larvik Municipality. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1913, representing the urban constituency of Porsgrund. He served only one three-year term.
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Norwegian politician (1866–1933)
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Peter Karl Holmesland was born on 24 June 1866 in Holum Municipality.
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Peter Karl Holmesland died on 8 February 1933.
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Peter Karl Holmesland was a politician and jurist.
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Peter Karl Holmesland was Norwegian.
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