Frederik Motzfeldt (2 November 1779 – 2 January 1848) was a Norwegian politician. He was a member of the

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in 1814. Motzfeldt was born at

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. He was raised in

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. He was the son of Major Jacob Motzfeldt (1744–1816) and Sophia Cathrine Mühlenphort (1751–1789). He was a cousin of Peter Motzfeldt and

Carl Frederik Motzfeldt Carl Frederik Motzfeldt (3 April 1808 – 24 June 1902) was a Norwegian politician. The son of General Major Carl M. Motzfeldt, he enrolled as a student in 1827 and graduated as cand.jur. in 1838. He was editor-in-chief of '' Den Constitutionell ...

. He graduated as

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in 1801. He worked as both

stipendiary magistrate Stipendiary magistrates were magistrates that were paid for their work (they received a stipend). They existed in the judiciaries of the United Kingdom and those of several former British territories, where they sat in the lowest-level criminal ...

(''byfoged'') and district stipendiary magistrate (''sorenskriver'') at

Molde Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord. The administrative centre of the m ...

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, Norway.Frederik Motzfeldt
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He was a member of the

in 1814, representing

. He generally supported the position of the Independence Party (''Selvstendighetspartiet''). He left Molde later in 1814 to work as a

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assessor. In 1821 he was appointed

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, a post he held until 1827. He continued to work at the

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to 1845. He was elected to the

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in 1830, representing the constituency of Christiania. He had been a deputy representative in 1827.

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1779 births 1848 deaths Fathers of the Constitution of Norway Members of the Storting Møre og Romsdal politicians Politicians from Oslo Auditors general of Norway Norwegian jurists {{Norway-politician-1770s-stub