Peder Hjort or Peder Hiort (1715 – 1 August 1789) was a Norwegian businessperson. Peder Pedersen Hjort was born in the mining town of Røros in

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...

as the youngest of six children. His family originated in

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. He attended the

Trondheim Cathedral School Trondheim Cathedral School ( no, Trondheim katedralskole, Latin: ''Schola Cathedralis Nidrosiensis'') is an upper secondary school located next to the Nidaros Cathedral in the center of Trondheim, Norway. History There is great dispute regarding ...

and was trained at the

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as a theologian graduating in 1737. In 1743, he was appointed to a position with the Copper Works at Røros. In 1762, he assumed the position of

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, which his father held before him. He also became assistant mining director followed in 1772 as director of the mines. At that time, this was one of the most valuable mines in Norway. The operation consisted of several mines and smelters. In 1768, he became a member of Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters after he had authored ''Historiske Efterretninger om Røros Kobberverk'', a report about the history of the Røros copper plant. "Bergdirektør Peder Hjort"
in: Christian Thaulow, ''Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede (omfattende ca. 1300 personer) Afsluttet omkring 1876'', Trondheim: Eriksen, 1919, , p. 452 (pdf at Trondheim Library, p. 9)

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Røros CopperworksHiort chapel
1715 births 1789 deaths 18th-century Norwegian businesspeople {{Norway-business-bio-stub