Peder Johan Pedersen Holmesland (4 January 1833 - 1 May 1914) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.

He was born in Holme

Holum

Holum is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Mandal.-Name:...

 in 1833 as the youngest brother of Søren Pedersen Jaabæk

Søren Jaabæk

Søren Pedersen Jaabæk was a Norwegian politician and farmer. Jaabæk is the longest-serving member of the Parliament of Norway in the history of Norway, and was one of the founders of the Liberal Party of Norway....

 and Simon Pedersen Holmesland

Simon Pedersen Holmesland

Simon Pedersen Holmesland was a Norwegian politician.He was born Holme in 1823 as the younger brother of Søren Pedersen Jaabæk, who would sit in the Norwegian Parliament from 1845 to 1890...

, who would both sit in the Norwegian Parliament. So did his nephew Peter Karl Holmesland

Peter Karl Holmesland

Peter Karl Holmesland was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party.Born in Holme as the son of former parliament member Simon Pedersen Holmesland, he enrolled as a student in 1884, graduated as cand.jur. in 1889 and started working as an attorney. In 1892 he was a clerk for...

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Peder Johan Pedersen Holmesland was himself elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1880, representing the rural constituency of Lister og Mandals Amt

Vest-Agder

In the 16th century, Dutch merchant vessels began to visit ports in southern Norway to purchase salmon and other goods. Soon thereafter the export of timber began, as oak from southern Norway was exceptionally well suited for shipbuilding...

. He worked as a farmer there. He was re-elected in 1883, 1886 and 1889, the last time for the Moderate Liberal Party

Moderate Liberal Party

Moderate Liberal Party was a Norwegian political party that emerged from the conservative branch of the Liberal Party in 1888, consisting mainly of the Low Church...

, a breakaway fraction from the Liberal Party.

He married a Regine Wold.