Jonas Anton Hielm

Norwegian politician
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Born:
Dec. 30, 1782, Kristiansand, Nor.
Died:
March 30, 1848, Christiania [now Oslo] (aged 65)

Jonas Anton Hielm (born Dec. 30, 1782, Kristiansand, Nor.—died March 30, 1848, Christiania [now Oslo]) was a political leader who defended Norway’s position within the Swedish-Norwegian union and led an early attempt to form a national reform party with peasant and liberal urban support. Hielm was elected to the Storting (parliament) in 1830. As part of his effort to forge a political party from urban and peasant elements, he aided in writing a political tract, “Olaboka” (1830; “Ole’s Book”), by John Neergaard, which resulted in a substantial increase in peasant political activity by 1833. The alliance did not come about, ...(100 of 198 words)