Lauritz Weidemann (27 November 1775 – 1 August 1856) was a Norwegian judge, civil servant and politician. He served as county governor for almost 35 years, participated at the

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in 1814, and was a member of the

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for several periods.

Personal life

Weidemann was born in Sukkestad,

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as the son of

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Lars Weidemann (1742–1826) and Maria Sommerfeldt (1754–1823). He was married to Ditlevine Marie Quist from 1797. Among his uncles were Christian Sommerfeldt and

Ole Hannibal Sommerfeldt Ole Hannibal Sommerfelt (3 March 1753 – 6 April 1821) was a Norwegian jurist, civil servant and topographer. Personal life He was born at Sukkestad in Toten as a son of district stipendiary magistrate and chancellor councillor David Christian S ...

, both topographers and county governors. He was himself an uncle of ship constructor Hakon Adelsteen Sommerfeldt and

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, first cousin of priest and botanist Søren Christian Sommerfeldt and grandfather of industrialist

Sophus Weidemann Sophus Weidemann (31 December 1836 – 29 March 1894) was a Norwegian engineer and industrialist who contributed to the development of the shipping industry in Norway. Biography Weidemann was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was th ...

. He died in Toten in 1856.

Career

Weidemann enrolled as a student at the

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in 1790, and graduated as

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in 1793. He was appointed

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of the district of Søndre Sunnmøre in 1798, and stipendiary magistrate of the district of

Toten Toten is a traditional district in Innlandet county in the eastern part of Norway. It consists of the municipalities Østre Toten and Vestre Toten. The combined population of Toten is approximately 27,000. The largest town is Raufoss with appro ...

from 1802. He represented ''Kristians amt'' at the

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in 1814. In 1815 he published three small political proposals, one regarding the

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, one on surveying of farm land, and one on finance. He served as County Governor of Hedmark from 1817 to 1821, and as County Governor of Kristians amt from 1821 to 1851. He was elected to the

in 1814. From 1815 to 1816 he served as President of the

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. He was elected to the Parliament in 1827, when he was President of the Storting, in 1828, 1836 (President of the Lagting) and in 1839. He was decorated Commander of the

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in 1851, Commander of the

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, and Knight of the

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. Weidemann was married in 1797 to Ditlevine Marie Qvist (1774- 1866). They had ten children. He was the grandfather of Sophus Weidemann (1836–1894).

References

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