Andreas Aagaard Kiønig (8 August 1771 – 1 March 1856) was a Norwegian lawyer and judge. He served as a representative at the

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. Andreas Aagaard Kiønig was born on Opaker Gård in the parish of Grue in

Hedmark Hedmark () was a Counties of Norway, county in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmar ...

county, Norway. He graduated as

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in 1790. He then became a jurist in

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. He was elected to the

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in 1814, representing the constituency of Hedemarkens Amt. He supported the independence party (''Selvstendighetspartiet''). At that time he worked as a district stipendiary magistrate (''sorenskriver'') in the traditional district of

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. He was then appointed

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Assessor the same year. In 1836, when appointment of a new Chief Justice was due, Kiønig was a candidate, but the position was given to

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. As a result, Kiønig retired as a Supreme Court Assessor. Kiønig was honorably discharged from civil service in 1837 and retired to Opsal søndre in the parish of

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in Hedmark.

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1771 births 1856 deaths Jurists from Denmark–Norway 18th-century Norwegian lawyers Norwegian civil servants People from Grue, Norway Fathers of the Constitution of Norway Hedmark politicians Supreme Court of Norway justices 19th-century Norwegian lawyers {{Norway-politician-1770s-stub