Hans Jacob Stabel


Hans Jacob Stabel was a Norwegian priest and elected official.
Hans Stabel was born at the parsonage where his father was parish pastor in Onsøy at Fredrikstad in Østfold county. In 1792, he took a job as personnel chaplain in Onsøy. From 1799, he was an assistant pastor at Slidredomen in Oppland county. In 1806, he became pastor in Søndre Aurdal. He was a vicar in Kristiansand from 1822 to 1825. He served as pastor in Østre Toten from 1825 until he died in 1836.
In 1814, he was a member of the constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll Manor to draft and sign the Norwegian Constitution as a representative from Christians amt, now Innlandet county. He was made a member of the Royal Order of Vasa by King Karl XIV Johan.

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