Iver Hesselberg (4 November 1762 – 26 January 1838) was a Norwegian businessman who 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 ...

. Iver Magnussen Hesselberg was born at Larvik in

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, Norway. He was the son of merchant Magnus Hesselberg (ca. 1729-ca. 1780). In his youth he went to sea and became a skipper. He later settled on Brekke at Tjølling in

. He was the owner of a shipyards at Hølen in Akershus. He also operated several ships principally for the transport of grain. He was married in 1801 with his cousin Anna Catharina Cecilia Heegaard (1769-1826) with whom he had two sons, Magnus (1804-1877) who served as a member of the

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and Hans Jørgen (1810-1864). He also served as one of the Settlement Commissioners (''Forlikskommissær'') on the Conciliation Board (''Forliksråd'') for his village for many years. Together with Anders Hansen Grønneberg and

Ole Olsen Amundrød Ole Olsen Amundrød (30 May 1771 – 24 March 1835) was a Norwegian farmer and schoolteacher. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly. Ole Olsen Amundrød was born on the farm Ousby (today Østby Søndre) ...

, he represented Laurvigs Grevskab (now Larvik) 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 t ...

Eidsvoll Eidsvoll (; sometimes written as ''Eidsvold'') is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet. General information ...

in 1814. All three representatives supported the independence party (''Selvstendighetspartiet''). ''Forlikskommisjon'' (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150813165401/http://eidsvollsmenn.no/english ''Men of Eidsvoll'' (eidsvollsmenn)

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