Diderik Hegermann (6 December 1763 – 7 February 1835) was a military officer and government minister of

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. He served as a member of the

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in 1814.

Biography

Diderik Hegermann was born at Altona in

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. In accordance with family tradition, he chose a military career. He became a cadet in 1776 and served as a Sergeant until 1786. He became a Lieutenant in 1786 in the Corps of Cadets in

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. In 1790, he was appointed Captain. In 1800, he was promoted to Major and appointed commander on the War School in Christiania (now Oslo). In 1808, he became Lieutenant Colonel and from 1812 he was commander of Oppland Infantry Regiment. Hegermann served as Colonel during the

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. He led the defense at the

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. Diderik Hegermann represented the Oppland infantry Regiment (''Oplandske Infanterie Regement'') at the

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at Eidsvold in 1814. He was a member of the Constitutional Committee and supported the independence party (''Selvstendighetspartiet''). He served on the

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of the 6th Ministry (war administration) in 1814 and 1814–1815 and Minister of the Army 1815–1816. In 1817, he was granted a discharge from government service. He was married in 1815 to Hanne Christine Susanne Nideros (1779-1858), widow of Daniel Isaachsen Willoch who had died in 1813. Following his retirement, he entered the lumber business, operating sawmills and a shipyard at

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Honors

Hegermann was decorated as a Knight of the

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. Tallak Lindstøl: ''Stortinget og Statsraadet'', 1814-1914. B. 1 D. 1 : Biografier A-K, page 35
digital edition
(in Norwegian)

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External links

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150813165401/http://eidsvollsmenn.no/english ''Men of Eidsvoll'' (eidsvollsmenn)

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