Hans Jørgen Reutz Synnestvedt (20 April 1777 – 12 June 1841) was a Norwegian military officer and politician. He was an elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1815, representing the constituency of ''Romsdals Amt''.Hans Jørgen Reutz Synnestvedt
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He was a

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in the army, and resided in

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hosted by Trondheim public library He sat through only one term. Later, when local government was introduced in Norway, Synnestvedt served as the first mayor of Bolsøy municipality, sitting from 1838 to 1840.
/ref> Of his three sons, two became military officers and one became a civil servant.

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1777 births 1841 deaths Norwegian Army personnel Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Møre og Romsdal {{Norway-politician-1770s-stub