Jacob Kielland (14 December 1788 – 6 August 1863) was a Norwegian businessperson, consul and politician.
He was born in Stavanger to Gabriel Schanche Kielland (1760–1821) and his wife Johanna Margaretha (1756–1818), née Bull.
[1] He had three older and two younger siblings,[2] but his youngest sister Elisabeth only survived for a month, and the oldest brother Jacob died at the age of 1.
[1] Jacob Kielland was also vice consul for the Netherlands in 1815, Hamburg and Prussia in 1821 and the United States in 1830.
[1] His brother and business partner Jonas Schanche Kielland died unmarried in 1852, with Jacob as his sole heir.