Helmer Andersen Gjedeboe (9 February 1786 – 26 September 1854) was a non-commissioned military officer. 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 ...

. Helmer Andersen Gjedeboe was born on the farm Geitbuan at

Orkdal Orkdal is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Orkland Municipality. It was part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipal ...

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 ...

, Norway. Helmer Gjedebo began his military career as a soldier in 1804. After he completed his military service in 1818, he ran a shop. In 1824, he received a license as a distiller. He entered public service as police officer in Trondheim from 1838–1850. His former residence in Trondheim was moved in 1979, rebuilt and opened in the Trondelag Folk Museum (''Trøndelag Folkemuseum''). He represented the Second ''Trondhjem Regiment'' (''Trondhjemske Infanteribrigade'') 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 ...

in 1814, together with Jacob Erik Lange. At Eidsvoll, he supported the position of the independence party (''selvstendighetspartiet''). ''Selvstendighetspartiet''(Norsk partipolitisk leksikon )
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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150813165401/http://eidsvollsmenn.no/english ''Men of Eidsvoll'' (eidsvollsmenn)br>Trøndelag Folkemuseum website

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