Rasmus Langeland Bagger

Rasmus Langeland Bagger (20 April 1764 20 January 1819) served as chief of police in Copenhagen from 1809 to 1814.

Early life and education Bagger was born on 20 April 1764 at Saltø, the eldest of five children of Marcus Marcussen Bagger (d. 1770) and Hedevig Johanne Langeland (1740–1822). His father served as manager of the estate. His maternal grandfather was the businessman Rasmus Langeland, owner of Kongegården in Korsør, where the father would later serve as postmaster. The father's death left the mother alone with three children. Her brother died in the same year and her father went bankrupt in 1771. In 1774, she bought an inn at Slottensgade 82 in Korsør. She later also operated the local post office from the same building.

Bagger matriculated from Slagelse Latin School in 1783. He earned a law degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1789.

In 1814, Haagen was reinstalled as chief of police and Bagger was instead appointed as 1st burgermaster. Bagger was a life-long friend of the poet Jens Baggesen. They met each other as children in Korsør and later went to school together in Slagelse.

Awards Bagger was appointed Kancelliraad in 1805, Justitsraad in 1809 and etatsråd in 1813.