Anders Hansen Grønneberg (1779 – 30 October 1819) was a Norwegian Naval officer and farmer who served as a representative at the

Norwegian Constituent Assembly The Norwegian Constituent Assembly ( or ) is the name given to the 1814 constitutional assembly that adopted the Norwegian Constitution and formalised the dissolution of the union with Denmark. The meetings took place at the Eidsvoll Manor in th ...

in 1814. Anders Grønneberg was born on Ødelund in Berg parish at

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, Norway where his father was district sheriff. In his youth he had stayed with an uncle in

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, where he learned to speak English, as well as German and French. As a young man, Grønneberg was a sailor. During the

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, he was appointed Lieutenant in the

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. Later he settled on the family farm. He represented Larvik grevskap at the

in 1814, together with Iver Hesselberg and Ole Olsen Amundrød. At

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, he joined the independence party (''Selvstendighetspartiet''), but he was not active in the debates.

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''Representantene på Eidsvoll 1814'' (Cappelen Damm AS) ''Men of Eidsvoll'' (eidsvollsmenn)

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