Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm (4 May 1769 – 15 March 1837) was a Norwegian military officer and representative at the

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in 1814.

Background

Eilert Ramm was born at the village of Furnes at

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, Norway. Ramm first joined the Zealand Light Dragon Regiment (''sjællandske lette dragonregimentet '') in 1787. He rose through the ranks, and was later First Lieutenant and Captain of the cavalry in 1808.

Career

He represented Søndenfjeldske Dragon-Regiment 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 Eidsvold in 1814. He was one of the two representative from Søndenfjeldske Dragon-Regiment together with

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. He belonged to the independence party (''Selvstendighetspartiet'').

Family life

Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm was married twice. He was the grandfather of Carl With, Commanding General of the Norwegian Army and great-grandfather of the artist

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