Hieronymus Heyerdahl (31 August 1773 – 6 March 1847) was a Norwegian minister and politician.''Hieronymus Heyerdahl (1773–1847)'' (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
/ref> Hieronymus Heyerdahl was born in

Aremark Aremark is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fosby. Aremark was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Øymar ...

Østfold Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...

county, Norway. He attended Christiania Latin School from which he graduated in 1790. After studying at the

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen (, KU) is a public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia, after Uppsala University. ...

, he earned his

theological Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of an ...

degree in 1794. He served a parish priest for more than 50 years. He served as minister in

Stjørdalen Stjørdalen is a valley and a traditional district in Trøndelag county, Norway. The valley follows the Stjørdalselva river from the Norway-Sweden border to the west where it empties into the Trondheimsfjorden. The valley traverses Stjørda ...

from 1812, and in

Gran Gran may refer to: People *Grandmother, affectionately known as "gran" * Gran (name) Places * Gran, the historical German name for Esztergom, a city and the primatial metropolitan see of Hungary * Gran, Norway, a municipality in Innlandet coun ...

from 1835, where he remained until his death in 1847. He represented Nordre Trondhjems amt at the

Norwegian Constituent Assembly The Norwegian Constituent Assembly ( or ) is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised the dissolution of the union with Denmark. The meetings took place at the Eidsvoll Manor in th ...

in 1814, together with

Hans Christian Ulrik Midelfart Hans Christian Ulrik Midelfart (22 July 1772 – 1 December 1823) was a Norwegian Lutheran minister who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly in 1814. Hans Christian Ulrik Midelfart was born in the Byneset par ...

and

Sivert Bratberg Sivert Paulsen Bratberg (11 June 1780 – 27 June 1816) was a Norwegian farmer and teacher. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly. Sivert Pålsson Bratberg was born on Bratberg øvre, a farm near the village ...

. He published scientific works on

mineralogy Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical mineralogy, optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifact (archaeology), artifacts. Specific s ...

(''Bidrag til en mineralogisk-geognostisk Beskrivelse over Ringsager og Thotens Præstegjælde'' from 1811), and on

meteorology Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena (i.e. weather), with a focus on weather forecasting. It has applications in the military, aviation, energy production, transport, agricultur ...

(''Meterologiske Iagttagelser 1825 i Størdalens Præstegjæld'').

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Hieronymus Heyerdahl, Eidsvollsmann
1773 births 1847 deaths People from Aremark Fathers of the Constitution of Norway Order of the Dannebrog University of Copenhagen alumni Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters {{Norway-politician-1770s-stub