Hans Jacob Grøgaard
Hans Jacob Grøgaard (5 April 1764 – 22 March 1836) was a Norwegian parish priest and writer. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814. Background Hans Jacob Grøgaard was born in Åsnes in Hedmark, Norway. At age three, the family moved to Bergen, where his father was sexton at St. Jørgen's Hospital Church (''St. Jørgen hospitalkirke''). Grøgaard started his education at the Bergen Cathedral School. He studied theology in Copenhagen and earned his theological degree in 1784. Career In 1797, he became a chaplain at Øyestad, Øyestad Church in Aust-Agder. In 1811, he became vicar at Vestre Moland in Aust-Agder. In 1822, he became pastor at Nykirken in Bergen and in 1832 he was offered the Episcopal polity, episcopal office in Oslo, Christiania (now Oslo), but had to decline because of poor health. He published the text book ''ABC'' in 1815, and the reader ''Læsebog for Børn, især i Omgangsskoledistrikterne'' in 1816. Both were use ...
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