Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark
Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark (12 April 1802 – 16 November 1878) was a Norwegian jurist and politician.
Personal life[]
He was born in Gloppen to Nils Landmark and Barbra Henriette Rantzau Heiberg.[1] His uncle Andreas Landmark was notable as a politician, and his grandfather had migrated to Norway from Sweden.
In 1824 he married Dorthea Margrethe Finde Heiberg,[1] his mother's niece.
Career[]
Like his father, he studied law, graduating as cand.jur. in 1826. In 1833 he was hired as an attorney in Fjaler,[2] where his father was seated as the district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) of Sunnfjord. Johan was given the property Fagervik, previously a part of his father's farm Tysse. He lived at Fagervik from 1833 to 1846. In 1847 he was appointed bailiff (fut) in Sogn, and moved to Balestrand.[2]
Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark had a political career. When local governance was introduced in 1837, he became the first mayor of Yttre Holmedal municipality. In 1845 he served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament.[2]
He died in Balestrand.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Nils Landmark genealogy
- ^ a b c Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (in Norwegian)
- 1802 births
- 1878 deaths
- Deputy members of the Storting
- Mayors of places in Sogn og Fjordane
- Norwegian jurists
- Norwegian people of Swedish descent
- 19th-century Norwegian people
- People from Gloppen
- Norwegian mayor stubs
- Norwegian politician, 1800s birth stubs