Jacob Vilhelm Rode Heiberg (19 February 1860 – 19 February 1946) was a

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born,

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civil servant and burgomaster. He was born in

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as the son of judge Edvard Omsen Heiberg (1829–1884). He was a brother of

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and

Inge Heiberg Inge Valdemar Heiberg (11 October 1861 – 1 July 1920) was a Norwegian physician who served as director of medicine in Belgian Congo from 1911 to 1920. He was born in Christiania as a son of judge Edvard Omsen Heiberg (1829–1884) and Minna Rod ...

, as well as a first cousin of

Eivind Eivind is a Norwegian masculine given name of Norse origin, ''Auja-winduR''. It is made up of two parts: ''Auja'' meaning "lucky/gift", and ''winduR'' meaning "winner and/or warrior". The name ''Eivind'' is also used in Denmark and Sweden, and ...

and Gustav Adolf Lammers Heiberg and a first cousin once removed of

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, Axel and

Edvard Heiberg Edvard Heiberg (11 June 1911, in Oslo – 10 June 2000, in Oslo) was a Norwegian director and engineer. Heiberg was the youngest son of barrister Axel Heiberg (1875–1952) and his wife Ragnhild Krohg (1879–1947). He had two brothers, ...

. He took the

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in 1878 and graduated with the

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degree in 1884. He had been hired in the Ministry of Church and Education already in 1878, and became subdirector in 1894. He had influence on the development of ''folkebogsamlinger'' ("people's book collections") a predecessor institution of the more modern

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. In 1901 he published the book ''Folkebogsamlinger i Norge samt forslag til nyordning''. In 1909 he became

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in Norway's capital

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. From 1923 to his retirement in 1928 he was

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. In April 1895 in

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he married Christiane Jeanette Aimée Dedichen. Through her he was a brother-in-law of

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and

Georg Dedichen Georg Maria Dedichen (8 July 1870 – 3 December 1942) was a Norwegian chemist. Biography He was born in Modum as a son of physician Hans Gabriel Sundt Dedichen (1836–99) and his wife Caroline Henriette Fredrikke Thaulow (1836–1917). He was a ...

. He was the father of

Hans Heiberg Hans Heiberg (28 January 1904 – 6 December 1978) was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, essayist, novelist, playwright, translator and theatre director. Early and personal life Heiberg was born in Kristiania as son of c ...

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