Syvert Omundsen Eeg (21 August 1757 – 20 November 1838) was a Norwegian farmer and

sea captain A sea captain, ship's captain, captain, master, or shipmaster, is a high-grade licensed mariner who holds ultimate command and responsibility of a merchant vessel.Aragon and Messner, 2001, p.3. The captain is responsible for the safe and efficie ...

. He was a representative in 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 ...

in 1814. Eeg was born in Søgne in Vest-Agder, Norway. He worked as both a farmer and a shipmaster. He signed up as a seaman in Kristiansand in 1796. He sailed aboard the ''Strandmaagen'' and the brig ''Anne Marie''. Later, he was the skipper of the galleons ''Emanuel'' and ''Peter''. He was held captive in England as a result of the British embargo of Norway during the Napoleonic wars. In 1782, Eeg married Anne Salvesdatter (1757-1842). The couple lived on the farm Eeg (''Gården Eik in Søgne''). They were the parents of eight children, of whom only five survived childhood. He was elected to 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 ...

in 1814, representing the constituency of Mandals Amt (now Vest-Agder). Together with his fellow representatives,

Erich Haagensen Jaabech Erich Haagensen Jaabech (6 December 1761 – 4 January 1845) was a Norwegian farmer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly. Jaabech was born on Usland at Øyslebø in Vest-Agder, Norway. He was the son of Haa ...

and

Osmund Andersen Lømsland Osmund Andersen Lømsland (2 July 1765 – 25 August 1841) was a Norwegian farmer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly. Osmund Andersen Lømsland was born at the village of Mosby in Oddernes, a borough in Kr ...

, during the negotiations at Eidsvoll, he supported the position of the Union Party (''Unionspartiet'').
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''Representantene på Eidsvoll 1814'' (Cappelen Damm AS) ''Men of Eidsvoll'' (eidsvollsmenn)memorial for Eidsvollsmann Eeg

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