Hans Riddervold (7 November 1795 – 20 July 1876) was a Norwegian
priest
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and
politician
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.
Personal life
He was born at Teien in
Åsgårdstrand
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as a son of shipmaster Adolf Kvernheim Riddervold (1760–1817) and Bredine Bolette Nielsen (1773–1811). He was the father of
Julius Riddervold,
who in turn was a grandfather of
Hans Julius Riddervold.
Hans Riddervold's daughter Bodil Mathea married
Cato Guldberg and the daughter Mette Marie Riddervold married
Peter Andreas Jensen.
Hans Riddervold married Anna Maria Bull (1803–1870) in June 1822.
[ She was a younger sister of Cato Guldberg's mother Hanna Sophie Theresia Bull, making Cato and Bodil Mathea first cousins.][
]
Career
He received his Cand.theol.
Candidatus theologiæ (male), Candidata theologiæ (female), abbreviated cand. theol. is an academic degree with a long tradition, awarded after a six-year higher education in theology in Iceland, Denmark, and Norway. In Norway, the title has re ...
degree in 1819. He was the bishop of Nidaros
Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is Herborg F ...
from 1843 until 1849. In 1827, he was elected to the Parliament of Norway
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and while in office, he was elected as the president of the Storting
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.[
He was the minister of church affairs and education for several periods between 1848 and 1872, as well as ]minister of auditing The Norwegian Minister of Auditing was the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Auditing. The position existed from 1822 to 1918.
List of Norwegian Ministers of Auditing
ReferencesMinistry of Auditing. Councillor of State 1822 - 1918
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in 1852 and minister of finance
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A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
in 1853, and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm
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from 1849 to 1850 and 1854–1855.
Riddervold was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1859 and the Gold Medal for Outstanding Civic Service
The Medal for Outstanding Civic Service or ''Medaljen for Borgerdåd'' is the second highest ranked Norwegian medal. In spring 2004 the medal ceased to be awarded. The medal was first established by Royal Resolution April 10, 1819 and later altere ...
in 1869.
References
1795 births
1876 deaths
People from Vestfold
Presidents of the Storting
Government ministers of Norway
19th-century Norwegian politicians
Ministers of Finance of Norway
Bishops of Nidaros
Ministers of Education of Norway
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