Hans Barlien

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Hans Andersen Barlien (29 February 1772 – 31 October 1842) was a Norwegian farmer and politician. He has been credited with the establishment of a Norwegian-American immigrant settlement in Sugar Creek, Iowa.

Personal life

Barlien was born on 29 February 1772 in Overhalla, Nordre Trondheim county, Norway, to Anders Sørensen and Ane Hansdatter.

Early career

At the same time as his 1793 marriage, Barlien took over one of the Barli farms of Trondheim Cathedral. The parish priest Hans Blytt (1758–1805), together with Barlien, was the very first to provide vaccinations against smallpox in Norway. Blytt had imported lymph from Copenhagen and vaccinated first his own children, then members of the Barlien family.

In May 1804 Hans Barlien moved with his wife and four children to Trondheim, where he bought a pottery located on Prinsens gate. where he built and experimented with a gliding aircraft.

Political career

Barlien entered politics in 1814. He did not become a member of the Constituent Assembly, but was elected as a representative from Nordre Trondheim during the session 1815–1816 which became his only term in office.

He was not reelected in the 1818 election. His liberal political and religious views had often put him at odds with both the clergy and the establishment. He could not run in 1820 or 1824 because of an ongoing trial against him.

Immigration and legacy

In the year 1837 Hans Barlien emigrated from Norway to the United States. 21.June 1837 Barlien left Christiania on the steamboat "Prinds Carl" and headed to Gothenburg and later Copenhagen. He traveled in July 1837 to the United States, arriving about the middle of September 1837. The exact dates and route is still unknown. He subsequently visited the Fox River settlement of Norwegian immigrants in LaSalle County, Illinois. On 31 October 1842 he died in Sugar Creek, Iowa.

In 1891, a memorial obelisk in honor of Hans Barlien was erected in Overhalla Municipality near Namsos. The street Hans Barliens gate in Oslo is named for Hans Barlien.

Publications

  • Anmerkninger betræffende Pengevæsenet. En Nationalsag, 1815
  • Om Norriges Grundlov, Repræsentation og Valgene, in Det norske Nationalblad, hf. 7, pp. 232–8
  • Bemærkninger til Norges Grundlov, Overgaard (Årgård) 1830
  • Melkeveien, 4 no., Overgård 1830
  • Bemærkninger til det nye Lovudkast dat. 31. Oct. 1831, Trondheim 1833

Notes

References

Other sources

  • Flom, George T. (1909) A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States (Iowa City, Ia.)
  • Norlie, Olaf M. (1925) History of the Norwegian People in America (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House)

References

  1. "''A Doctrinaire Idealist: Hans Barlien''(D. G. Ristad. Volume III: Page 13. The Norwegian-American Historical Association)".
  2. Gunnar Nerheim. "Albert Fenger-Krog - Ingeniør, Pioner". Norsk biografisk leksikon.
  3. (November 6, 1912). "Norway: It has been ascertained ...". Wilmar Tribune.
  4. Ristad, D. G.. (1928). "A Doctrinaire Idealist: Hans Barlien". University of Minnesota Press.
  5. Wegerslev, Christian H.. (July 5, 1925). "Norwegians in America". Sioux City Journal.
  6. Briggs, John Ely. (December 17, 1934). "Exploring the History of Iowa. Unit Three—Immigrants". Mason City Globe-Gazette.
  7. "Hans Barliens gate". Oslo kommune.
  8. Barlien, Hans. (1824). "Om Norriges Grundlov, Repræsentation og Valgene". Det Norske Nationalblad.
  9. Mykland, Knut. "Hans Barlien". [[Kunnskapsforlaget]].
  10. Mykland, Knut. (1845). "Barlien (Hans)". [[Schibsted]].
  11. Pryser, Tore. (1985). "Norsk historie 1800–1870". Det Norske Samlaget.
  12. (2007). "Hans Andersen Barlien". Kunnskapsforlaget.

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