Claim: Jakob Axel Nielsen grew up in Hadsund in a family in which  his dad and granddad were lawyers; Nielsen went to law school at the University of Aarhus, and he worked as a lwwyer for eleven years until he was elected to the Folketing.
Evidence: Nielsen grew up in Hadsund (12 km from Terndrup) in the region of Himmerland. His father and grandfather were also lawyers whilst his mother was a teacher. He graduated from the Gymnasium (secondary school) in Hobro and was educated in law at the University of Aarhus; he worked as a lawyer from 1994 until 2005 when he was elected to the Folketing.