Andreas Aagaard Kiønig (8 August 1771 – 1 March 1856) was a Norwegian lawyer and judge. He 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 ...

. Andreas Aagaard Kiønig was born on Opaker Gård at Grue in

Hedmark Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged int ...

, Norway. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1790. 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 t ...

in 1814, representing the constituency of Hedemarkens Amt. He supported the independence party (''Selvstendighetspartiet''). At that time he worked as a district stipendiary magistrate (''sorenskriver'') in the traditional district of

Østerdalen Østerdalen () is a valley and traditional district in Innlandet county, in Eastern Norway. This area typically is described as the large Glåma river valley as well as all its tributary valleys. It includes the municipalities Rendalen, Alvdal ...

. He was then appointed Supreme Court Assessor the same year. In 1836, when appointment of a new Chief Justice was due, Kiønig was a candidate, but the position was given to

Georg Jacob Bull Georg Jacob Bull (born 1 August 1785 in Christiania, died 12 December 1854) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He was a stipendiary magistrate (''byfogd'') of Bergen from 1810 to 1821. While stationed here, he was elected to the Norwegian Par ...

. As a result, Kiønig retired as a Supreme Court Assessor. Kiønig was honorably discharged from civil service in 1837 and retired to Opsal søndre in the parish of

Elverum is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum. Other settlements in the municipality include Heradsbygd, Sørskog ...

in Hedmark.

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1771 births 1856 deaths 18th-century Norwegian lawyers Norwegian civil servants People from Grue, Norway Fathers of the Constitution of Norway Hedmark politicians Supreme Court of Norway justices 19th-century Norwegian lawyers {{Norway-politician-1770s-stub