Peder Hjermann (1 December 1754 – 25 December 1834) was a farmer and elected official who served as a representative at the

Norwegian Constitutional Assembly The Norwegian Constituent Assembly (in Norwegian ''Grunnlovsforsamlingen'', also known as ''Riksforsamlingen'') is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll in Norway, that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised th ...

. Peder (Per) Pedersson Hjermann was born in Lærdal in Sogn og Fjordane. He was youngest of seven siblings born to the sheriff in the village. In adulthood, he became a farmer at the Stødno farm at Hauge parish in Lærdal. He also served as one of the Settlement Commissioners (''Forlikskommissær'') from the time the Conciliation Board (''Forliksråd '') was introduced in rural areas in 1797 until 1813. Peder Hjermann represented

Nordre Bergenhus amt Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the co ...

(now Sogn og Fjordane) at the

Norwegian Constituent Assembly The Norwegian Constituent Assembly (in Norwegian ''Grunnlovsforsamlingen'', also known as ''Riksforsamlingen'') is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll in Norway, that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised th ...

at Eidsvoll in 1814 together with Lars Johannes Irgens and Niels Nielsen. All three representatives supported the independence party (''Selvstendighetspartiet'').''Selvstendighetspartiet – i 1814'' (Store norske leksikon. Magnus A. Mardal)
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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150813165401/http://eidsvollsmenn.no/english ''Men of Eidsvoll'' (eidsvollsmenn)br>Memorial stone of Peder Hjermann

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