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Anders Hansen Grønneberg

1779 – 1819

Farmer and father of the Constitution of Norway

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Lived 1779 – 1819 (aged 39–40). Anders Hansen Grønneberg was a Norwegian farmer and politician.

Anders Hansen Grønneberg (1779 – 30 October 1819) was a Norwegian Naval officer and farmer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814.

Anders Grønneberg was born on Ødelund in Berg parish at Brunlanes in Vestfold, Norway where his father was district sheriff. In his youth he had stayed with an uncle in London, where he learned to speak English, as well as German and French. As a young man, Grønneberg was a sailor. During the Napoleonic Wars, he was appointed Lieutenant in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Later he settled on the family farm.

He represented Larvik grevskap at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, together with Iver Hesselberg and Ole Olsen Amundrød. At Eidsvoll, he joined the independence party (Selvstendighetspartiet), but he was not active in the debates.

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Born
1779
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Died
1819
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Member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly

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farmer and father of the Constitution of Norway (1779-1819)

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Anders Hansen Grønneberg was born in 1779.

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Anders Hansen Grønneberg died in 1819.

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Anders Hansen Grønneberg was a farmer and politician.

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Anders Hansen Grønneberg was Norwegian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Anders Hansen Grønneberg

· Wikidata: Q263979

· DBpedia: Anders Hansen Grønneberg

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