Nils Nilssøn Dahl
Norwegian priest and politician
Intro | Norwegian priest and politician | |
Places | Norway | |
was | Politician | |
Work field | Politics | |
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Birth | 18 July 1806 | |
Death | 21 July 1854 (aged 48 years) | |
Star sign | Cancer |
Niels Lauritz Dahl (18 July 1806 – 21 July 1854) was a Norwegian priest and politician.
He was born in Romsdal. He was the father of Konrad Neumann Hjelm Dahl and Walter Scott Dahl, grandfather of Dagfinn Dahl and great-grandfather of Niels Lauritz Dahl.
He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1844 from Søndre Trondhjems Amt, and re-elected in 1847 and 1850. He was counted as liberal, and has been viewed as one of the best speakers in Parliament at the time. As a political ally of Henrik Wergeland, he wrote the draft when Parliament in 1851 abolished the prohibition of Jews in the Norwegian Constitution.
He was a curate before being appointed as vicar in Eid in 1851.