Gustav Peter Blom (4 July 1785 – 28 October 1869) was a Norwegian civil servant, politician and historian. He was a member of the
Norwegian Constitutional Assembly
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at
Eidsvoll
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General information
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during 1814.
Blom was born at
Hurum
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in
Buskerud
Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardan ...
, Norway. Blom took his law degree in 1807 and worked as district stipendiary magistrate (''sorenskriver'') in Nordre Jarlsberg. He was later appointed stipendiary magistrate (''byfoged'') and town clerk (''byskriver'') in
Drammen
Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken (county), Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and village ...
. While stationed there, he was elected to the
Norwegian Parliament
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in 1830.
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— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
He was later
County Governor of ''Buskerud Amt'' (now
Buskerud
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) from 1831 to 1857.
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— World Statesmen.org While serving in this capacity, he was also elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1833, 1836, 1839, 1842 and 1848. From 15 July to 18 July 1852 and from 11 October 1852 to 12 April 1853 he was an acting member of the Council of State Division ''in interim'' in
Stockholm
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, founded during King
Oscar I's absence.
Norwegian Members of the Interim Government, 11 October 1852 - 12 April 1853 during King Oscar I’s illness
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References
1788 births
1843 deaths
Norwegian jurists
Fathers of the Constitution of Norway
County governors of Norway
Members of the Storting
Buskerud politicians
People from Drammen
People from Hurum
Government ministers of Norway
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