Hans Haslum

{{Short description|Norwegian farmer and elected official}}

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Hans Haslum (8 November 1789 – 5 July 1875) was a Norwegian farmer and elected official. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.[http://www.hemneslekt.net/getperson.php?personID=I128622&tree=Hemne Hans Johnsen Haslum (Hemneslekt)]

Hans Johnsen Haslum was born in Haslum at Bærum in Akershus, Norway. He was raised on a family farm and was educated at home by a tutor. As a young man, he chose a military career. He became a corporal in 1805. In 1814, he was serving as a sergeant in the Artillery Corps. In 1816, Haslum was discharged from military service.[https://www.baerum.kommune.no/Organisasjonen/Kommunaltekniske-tjenester/Natur--og-idrettsforvaltningen/Avdeling-landbruk-utmark-og-kulturvern/Manedens-kulturminne-2003-2013/Manedens-kulturminne-2014/Januar---Hans-Haslum-og-Haslumgardene/ Hans Haslum og Haslumgårdene (Bærum kommune)]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Hans Johnsen Haslum represented the Artillery Corps (Artilleri-Corpsetat) the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, together with Peter Motzfeldt. Both representatives supported the independence party (Selvstendighetspartiet). During the Swedish-Norwegian War in 1814 he participated in the Battle of Kjølberg Bridge.

[http://partileksikon.blogspot.com/2009/01/selvstendighetspartiet.html Selvstendighetspartiet (Norsk partipolitisk leksikon)]

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In 1816, he married Anne Christine Norderaas (1791-1834) with whom he had seven children. When they married, the couple took over her family farm (Norderaas i Ås) in Follo. He was also acting sheriff of the district and from 1838-1841 he was the first mayor of Ås. In 1857, Haslum became the first director of the Eidsvoll Building (Eidsvollsbygningen) at Eidsvoll.[http://data.eidsvollsmenn.no/tng/getperson.php?personID=I14870&tree=Eidsvollsmenn Haslum, Hans Johnsen (Eidsvollsmann)]

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