Personal life

He was born in Gloppen

Gloppen

Gloppen is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. Gloppen is generally subdivided into three areas: Hyen in the west, Gloppen in the center, and Breim in the east. Each of the areas have their own main service centres. ...

 to 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...

 and Barbra Henriette Rantzau Heiberg. His uncle Andreas Landmark

Andreas Landmark

-Personal life:He was born in Christiania to Nils Svensson and Karen Andersdatter Killerud. His brother was Nils Landmark. Contrary to some sources, he was not born with the name Landmark, but some of the children took the name as grown-ups....

 was notable as a politician, and his grandfather had migrated to Norway from Sweden.

In 1824 he married Dorthea Margrethe Finde Heiberg, his mother's niece.

Career

Like his father, he studied law, graduating as cand.jur. in 1826. In 1833 he was hired as an attorney in Fjaler

Fjaler

Fjaler is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre is the village of Dale. Other places in Fjaler include Flekke and Espedal....

, where his father was seated as the district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) of Sunnfjord. Johan was given the property Fagervik, previously a part of his father's farm Tysse. He lived at Fagervik from 1833 to 1846. In 1847 he was appointed bailiff (fut) in Sogn

Sogn

Sogn is a traditional district in Western Norway . It is located in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, surrounding the Sognefjord. Sogn consists of the municipalities of Aurland, Balestrand, Hyllestad, Høyanger, Gulen, Leikanger, Luster, Lærdal, Sogndal, Solund, Vik, and Årdal. The district covers ...

, and moved to Balestrand

Balestrand

Balestrand is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Balestrand....

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Johan Widing Heiberg Landmark had a political career. When local governance was introduced in 1837, he became the first mayor of Yttre Holmedal

Fjaler

Fjaler is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre is the village of Dale. Other places in Fjaler include Flekke and Espedal....

 municipality. In 1845 he served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament.

He died in Balestrand.