Erich Haagensen Jaabech

Erich Haagensen Jaabech was a Norwegian farmer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.
Jaabech was born in Usland at Øyslebø in Vest-Agder, Norway. He was the son of Haagen Olson Usland and Marte Eriksdtr. Skjævesland. In 1788, he married Gunhild Olsdtr. Skjævesland with whom he had eight children.
He was a farmer who also worked as a teacher in Øyslebø and Holum. In 1806, he bought the farm Jaabekk in Halse parish and established residence at that farm. He was also active as a trader, a blacksmith and a cooper.
He was elected to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, representing the constituency of Mandals Amt together with Osmund Andersen Lømsland and Syvert Omundsen Eeg. At the Assembly, all three supported the union party.