Jens Jensen Gram was a Norwegian jurist and politician.

He was born in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

 as the son of Jens Gram. He studied at the University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

The University of Copenhagen is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Denmark. Founded in 1479, it has more than 37,000 students, the majority of whom are female , and more than 7,000 employees. The university has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the...

 from 1798, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1804. He worked in the Danish Chancellery from 1806 until 1808, when he was appointed as acting district stipendiary magistrate of Ringerike

Ringerike

oskar er kjempe kulRingerike is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Ringerike...

 and Hallingdal

Hallingdal

Hallingdal is a valley and traditional district in Buskerud county in Norway. It consists of the municipalities of Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål and Hol.-History:Ancient routes went to Vestlandet through Valdres and Hallingdal and down Røldal to Odda...

. He got the position on a permanent basis in 1815. He lived in Nes

Nes, Buskerud

Nes is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hallingdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nesbyen....

 from 1808, and at Ask

Ask, Buskerud

Ask is a village in Ringerike municipality, Buskerud, Norway.The name comes from the Norwegian word for ash tree. The village has a railway station on the Randsfjord Line. Ask is most known for Ask Chapel and for the Ask Manor house owned by the Løvenskiold family.-Ask Farm:Ask Fram is located at...

 from 1816. He was a deputy representative to Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, and was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1818 and 1821, representing the constituency of Buskeruds Amt

Buskerud

is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark, and Vestfold. The county administration is located in Drammen.-Geography:...

. He served as President of the Odelsting. Due to a stroke

Stroke

A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...

 in late 1821, he was not re-elected in 1823.

In April 1806 in Norderhov

Norderhov

Norderhov is a former municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.-Municipality:Norderhov municipality was established on January 1, 1838 . According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 7,234. On 22 April 1852 the city of Hønefoss was separated from Norderhov to constitute a...

 he married Reinholdine Boll (1779–1859). Through his son Paul James Reinhold Harald Gram he was a grandfather of Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram

Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram

Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram was a Norwegian jurist and politician, and international arbitrator. He was a Supreme Court Assessor, Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm from 1889 to 1891 and from 1893 to 1898 and County Governor from 1898 to 1915.-Personal life:Gram was born in Moss as the son...

 and great-grandfather of Harald Gram

Harald Gram

Harald Gram was a Norwegian jurist, politician and genealogist. He was secretary general for the Conservative Party of Norway for 22 years, deputy mayor of Aker, member of Parliament from 1928 to 1936, and stipendiary magistrate in Oslo from 1936 to 1957...

. Through his son Johan Georg Boll Gram he was a grandfather of Andrea Gram

Andrea Gram

Grete Ingeborg Johanne Andrea Gram was a Norwegian painter.She was born in Ask in Norderhov as a daughter of Johan Georg Boll Gram . She was a sister of Jens Gram, granddaughter of Jens Jensen Gram, first cousin of Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram and aunt of Johan Fredrik Gram and Mads Gram...

 and Jens Gram

Jens Gram

-Personal life:He was born in Ask as a son of Johan Georg Boll Gram and Fredrikke Severine Mathea Stabell. He was a brother of Andrea Gram, grandson of Jens Jensen Gram and a first cousin of Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram. Through his sister Nicoline he was a brother-in-law of Eilif Peterssen.In...

, and through the latter a grandfather of Johan Fredrik

Johan Fredrik Gram

-Personal life:He was born in Drammen as a son of Jens Gram. He was a brother of Mads Gram, a maternal grandson of P. A. Munch and a paternal great-grandson of Jens Jensen Gram, a nephew of Andrea Gram and a first cousin of Harald Gram. His aunt Nicoline was married to Eilif Peterssen.In October...

 and Mads Gram

Mads Gram

Harald Mathias "Mads" Gram was a Norwegian physician.He was born in Drammen as the son of Jens Gram. He was a brother of Johan Fredrik Gram, a maternal grandson of P. A. Munch and a paternal great-grandson of Jens Jensen Gram, a nephew of Andrea Gram and a first cousin of Harald Gram...

, He died in 2 November 1824 in Christiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

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