Niels Nielsen Vogt

Niels Nielsen Vogt (10 February 1798 – 6 March 1869) was a Norwegian priest and politician.

He was the son of Niels Nielsen Vogt, Sr. (1755–1809), and a brother of priest and politicians David and Jørgen Herman Vogt. He was an uncle of Volrath Vogt and Nils Vogt.[1]

He was the father of chief physician Peter Herman Vogt and engineer Jens Theodor Paludan Vogt, father-in-law of Johanne Vogt and grandfather of poet Nils Collett Vogt.[1]

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1839, representing the constituency of Søndre Bergenhus Amt, where he worked as a vicar. He only served one term.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Vogt". Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
  2. ↑ Nils Nilsen Vogt – Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
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