Jens Stub

Jens Stub (3 March 1764 – 24 October 1819) was a Norwegian priest and politician. He was vicar on the island of Veøya and served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.Knut Dørum [http://www.snl.no/Jens_Stub Jens Stub] (Store norske leksikon){{Cite web |title=Jens Stub |url=https://eidsvoll1814.no/jens-stub |access-date=November 1, 2017 |publisher=Eidsvoll 1814}}

Biography

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He was the son of district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) Johan Daniel Stub (1736–1802) and grandson of Lauritz Stub (1708–1774), both of whom served as judges in Bergen. He grew up in the parish of Eid in the county of Nordre Bergenhus, Norway. His brother was Gerhard Heiberg Stub (1781–1831), a merchant in Bergen.Jon Gunnar Arntzen [http://www.snl.no/Stub Stub] (Store norske leksikon) In August 1793 he married his cousin Gjertrud Helene Heiberg (1774–1852) at Talvik in Finnmark.[http://genealogy.hagerup.com/genealogy_base/fam/fam02990.html Genealogy]

Jens Stub was a priest by education. He earned his degree in theology (Cand.theol.) in 1788. He was a Church of Norway priest at Alta Church in Finnmark. He was vicar of Veøy Church in Romsdalsfjord from 1801 until his death,{{Cite web |last=Svein Askheim |title=Alta-Talvik |url=https://snl.no/Alta-Talvik |access-date=November 1, 2017 |publisher=Store norske leksikon}}[http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/2020317.html Jens Stub] at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia {{in lang|no}} when he was succeeded by Johan Christopher Haar Daae.

Stub was a member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll Manor in 1814. He served as a representative of Romsdals Amt together with Hilmar Meincke Krohg and Elling Olsson Walbøe. During negotiations at the National Assembly, he voted with the Union Party (Unionspartiet).{{Cite web |title=Unionspartiet |url=https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Unionspartiet |access-date=November 1, 2017 |publisher=lokalhistoriewiki.no}}[http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12827 Jens Stub] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)

He died in a boating accident during 1819 at Tresfjord in Romsdal county.

References

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Category:People from Sogn og Fjordane

Category:Møre og Romsdal politicians

Category:Norwegian priest-politicians

Category:Fathers of the Constitution of Norway