Ole Gabriel Gabrielsen Ueland
Politician
1799 – 1870
Who was Ole Gabriel Gabrielsen Ueland?
Ole Gabriel Ueland was a Norwegian political leader and member of the Norwegian Parliament. Historians credit him with having popularized politics in Norway, paving the way for individuals of underprivileged backgrounds to rise to positions of political importance.
Ueland was born into a peasant family on the farm of Skaaland, in the parish of Lund, in the landscape of Dalane, on the southwest coast of Norway. The next oldest of four. Although his formal education had been limited to random local lessons, he had proven an unusual aptitude for learning and a voracious appetite for reading. When he was 17, he was asked to teach the children in the area. By 1827, he had by way of marriage acquired the farm Ueland, and was installed as the sexton in the local church in Heskestad in the municipality of Lund.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1833, representing the rural constituency of Stavanger Amt. He remained a parliament member until 1869, having been re-elected thirteen times. He became the leader for the peasant and farmer's movement in politics and earned respect for his deliberate and wise political outlook.
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