Ole Svendsen Iglerød (1 November 1784 – 1 November 1872) was a Norwegian soldier, farmer and politician. Ole Iglerød was born the son of a farmer at

Aremark Aremark is a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fosby. Aremark was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The new municipality of Øymar ...

Østfold Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...

. He went to school in Fredrikshald. From 1808 to 1814, he served with the

Norwegian Army The Norwegian Army () is the land warfare service branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces. The Army is the oldest of the Norwegian service branches, established as a modern military organization under the command of the King of Norway in 1628. The ...

in the Søndenfjeldske Infantry Regiment stationed at the Fredriksten Fortress. He participated, under the command of

Andreas Samuel Krebs Andreas Samuel Krebs (10 March 1766 – 28 March 1818) was a Denmark–Norway, Danish-Norwegian army officer. Early years Born on 10 March 1766 at Tønder in Sønderjylland, Krebs was the son of vicar Peter Ditlev Krebs and Birgitte Marie Lutz. Or ...

, in the skirmishes at Prestebakke and Berby in the valley of Enningdalen during the

Dano-Swedish War Dano-Swedish War may refer to: * Dano-Swedish War (1470–1471), Danish invasion of Sweden by sea * Dano-Swedish War (1501–1512), military conflict between Denmark and Sweden within the Kalmar Union * Dano-Swedish War (1512–1520), Danish invasi ...

(1808). He was involved in the

Swedish–Norwegian War The Swedish–Norwegian War, also known as the Campaign against Norway (), War with Sweden 1814 (), also called the War of Cats or the Norwegian War of Independence, was a war fought between Sweden and Norway in the summer of 1814. According t ...

where he participated at the

Battle of Kjølberg Bridge The Battle of Kjølberg Bridge () was fought 14 August 1814, during the Swedish–Norwegian war of 1814. The Swedish army had problems repairing the bridge due to constant fire from the Norwegian side of the river. It was then a small Swedish f ...

(1814). Wounded in battle, he was discharged from active service and returned to Aremark where he took over the family farm. Together with Daniel Frederik Petersen, he was given the honor of representing Søndenfjeldske Infantry Regiment 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 ...

Eidsvoll Eidsvoll (; sometimes written as ''Eidsvold'') is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike Districts of Norway, traditional region. The administrative centre of the munic ...

in 1814. In 1864, he was one of four former Eidsvoll representatives (''eidsvollmannen'') who participated in the 50th Anniversary of the original event. Ole Iglerød died at Rishaugen in Aremark and was buried at the Aremark Church. In 1908, a monument in his memory was unveiled in the Aremark churchyard.''Svendsen Iglerød, Ole (Eidsvollsmann)'' (Eeidsvoll in 1814)
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1784 births 1872 deaths People from Aremark Norwegian Army personnel Norwegian military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Fathers of the Constitution of Norway {{Norway-politician-1780s-stub

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