Petter Johnsen Ertzgaard (13 August 1784 – 7 February 1848) was a Norwegian farmer, elected official and 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 ...

. Petter Johnsen Ertzgaard was born in Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Ertzgaard served as commissioned officer in ''Det Strindenske Kompani'' 1807–1817, and participated during the Jämtland Campaign of 1808. Ertzgaard took over the family farm at Værnes in 1815. He served as a member of the Conciliation Commission (''Forlikskommisjon'') for his district since 1830 and was deputy chairman from 1838 to 1839. He represented Trondhjem Dragon Corps (''Trondhjems dragonkorps''), together with Frederik Hartvig Johan Heidmann. 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. At

, he supported the position of the union party (''Unionspartiet'') . He was later also a member of the Parliament of Norway in 1830-1835 as a representative from Nordre Trondhjems amt. ''Unionspartiet'' (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150813165401/http://eidsvollsmenn.no/english ''Men of Eidsvoll'' (eidsvollsmenn)

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