Caspar Peter Hagerup (12 April 1777 – 28 August 1840) was a Norwegian civil servant. He was born in

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. He enrolled as a student in 1797, and finished the studies to be appointed town clerk (''byskriver'') in the

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town of

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, in 1820 in Nordre Hedemarken. From 1830 to his death in 1840 he was

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.Biographies
/ref> He married Ulrikke Eleonore Steffens, sister of philosopher

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. Their son

Henrik Steffens Hagerup Henrik Steffens Hagerup (23 April 1806 – 29 May 1859) was a Norway, Norwegian Royal Norwegian Navy, naval officer and politician who served as Minister of the Navy (Norway), Minister of the Navy from 1856 to 1859 with certain interruptions ...

became a notable military officer and politician. Hagerup was a member of the

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from 1831. He was proclaimed Knight of the Swedish

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1777 births 1840 deaths Norwegian civil servants Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters Knights of the Order of Vasa {{Norway-politician-1770s-stub