Even Thorsen

Even Thorsen

Even Thorsen ( 26 August 1778 – 24 March 1867 ) was a Norwegian sailor, farmer, and representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll. ^[1]

Even Thorsen was born at the Bjornes farm at Austre Moland (now Moland), in Arendal in Aust-Agder, Norway. In his youth, he went to sea working as a deckhand. During the Napoleonic wars, he was a prisoner of war in the United Kingdom from 1807, returning to Norway in 1810. As an adult, he lived with his family at Blekestrand, a farm in Flosta in Aust-Agder.^[2]

He represented the Royal Norwegian Navy (Sjødefensjonen) at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814. Thorsen sympathized with the Independence Party (Selvstendighetspartiet). In 1857, the Norwegian Parliament granted him an annual honorary pension three years prior to his death.^{[3][4] [5][6]}

References

1. Even Thorsen (1778-1867) (Eidsvoll 1814)
2. Even Thorsen (Marinemuseet)
3. Sjøforsvaret (Store norske leksikon)
4. Selvstendighetspartiet (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
5. Mardal, Marius A. "Even Thorsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
6. Ørnhøi, Stein. "Even Thorsen". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 July 2011.