Peter Daniel Bruun

Peter Daniel Bruun (18 December 1796 – 7 June 1864) was a Danish politician and supreme court lawyer and the first speaker of the Landsting, a chamber of the parliament. He was a member of the National Constitutional Assembly from 1848 to 1849 and a member of the Landsting from 1849 to 1862, representing the National Liberal Party.

Peter Daniel Bruun

As members of the National Constitutional Assembly, Bruun and Christian Magdalus Jespersen made the proposal for the constitution that was to become the final version.[1] Key elements in Bruun's and Jespersen's proposal included indirect elections for the Landsting with the requirements to be eligible for election to include a certain minimum income combined with an age of forty years.[2]

When Bruun resigned from politics in 1862, his younger brother Mads Pagh Bruun was elected to the office as speaker.

He was the grandfather of officer, archaeologist and explorer of Greenland Danier Bruun (1856 - 1931).

Notes
  1. Skou.
  2. Engelstoft, p. 36.
gollark: But you're not doing that.
gollark: You wouldn't be doing that while in bed anyway.
gollark: Just don't clean up your room.
gollark: If you believe in yourself and/or have the power of friendship, you can do anything.
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References
  • Bille, C. St. A. (1889). "Bruun, Peter Daniel" (in Danish) in C. F. Bricka (ed.) Dansk Biografisk Lexikon tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537–1814. III. bind, Brandt — Clavus. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, pp. 178–80.
  • Engelstoft, Povl (1949). "Den grundlovgivende rigsforsamling" (in Danish) in Fabricius, Knud; Frisch, Hartvig; Hjelholt, Holger; Mackeprang, M.; Møller, Andr. (eds.) Den danske rigsdag 1849–1949. Bind I, Rigsdagens historie 1849–1866. Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz Forlag.
  • Skou, Kaare R. (2005). Dansk politik A-Å (in Danish). Aschehoug, p. 128. ISBN 87-11-11652-8.
Political offices
Preceded by
—		 Speaker of the Landsting
30 January 1850 – July 1862		 Succeeded by
Mads Pagh Bruun


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