Personal life

He was born 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...

 to Nils Svensson and Karen Andersdatter Killerud. His brother was Nils Landmark

Nils Landmark

Nils L. Landmark was a Norwegian jurist, farmer and politician.-Personal life:He was born in Christiania to Nils Svensson and Karen Andersdatter Killerud. Contrary to some sources, he was not born with the name Landmark, but took the name as a grown-up...

. Contrary to some sources, he was not born with the name Landmark, but some of the children took the name as grown-ups.

He married Jacobine Caroline Wind (1733–1833). They had nine children, although at least one died young. One of their sons were Jens Landmark

Jens Landmark

Jens Landmark was a Norwegian military officer and politician. He reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, was the director of Kongsberg Weapons Factory from 1854 to 1880, invented the Landmark conversion and served both as mayor as well as three periods in the Norwegian Parliament.-Personal...

, known as a military officer and politician.

His wife, born in Borgund

Borgund, Møre og Romsdal

Borgund is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality consisted of the islands of Sula, Humla, Tørla, and Ellingsøya, as well as parts of Oksenøya, Hessa, and Nørvøya, plus many minor islands throughout the area...

 near Aalesund

Ålesund

is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre, and the center of the Ålesund Region. It is a sea port, and is noted for its unique concentration of Art Nouveau architecture....

, was a distant relative of the brothers Peter Daniel Baade Wind Kildal

Peter Daniel B. W. Kildal

Peter Daniel Baade Wind Kildal was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1857, 1862, 1865, 1868 and 1871. He represented the constituency of Christiania, Hønefoss og Kongsvinger. During the last term he was President of the Storting, together with later Prime...

 and Peter Wessel Wind Kildal

Peter Wessel Wind Kildal

Peter Wessel Wind Kildal was a Norwegian businessperson.He opened his first store in Christiania in 1842. He gradually expanded to several fields. At Høyenhall he owned the country's largest fruit plantation, at Hol in Ringsaker he owned a farm, a dairy and a potato flour factory...

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Career

Andreas Landmark worked as a bailiff (foged) in Søndmør

Sunnmøre

Sunnmøre is the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. Its main city is Ålesund. The region comprises the municipalities of Giske, Hareid, Herøy, Norddal, Sande, Skodje, Haram, Stordal, Stranda, Sula, Sykkylven, Ulstein, Vanylven, Volda, Ørskog,...

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In 1821 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament, representing the constituency of Romsdals Amt

Møre og Romsdal

is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

. His brother Nils Landmark served during the same period.

Andreas Landmark died in 1839 in Ørsta

Ørsta

is a village and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region of Western Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørsta...

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