Palle Rømer Fleischer (25 October 1781 – 4 April 1851) was a Norwegian Military Officer and Government Minister. He served as a representative at the

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. Palle Rømer Fleischer was born at

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, Norway. During 1792, he was enrolled as a cadet and student at The Free Mathematics School in Christiania (now Oslo) (''Den frie matematiske skole i Christiania'') . In 1796, he became a Second Lieutenant in the Norwegian Ranger Corps (''Norske Jægerkorps'') where he served until 1802 when he was promoted to captain in the North Zealand Land Protection Regiment (''Nordsjællandske landvernsregiment'') in

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. He subsequently returned to Norway as a staff Captain in the Ranger Corps where he was named Company Commander in 1813. In 1814, he was appointed Major. From 1815 to 1817 he was Commander of

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. In 1817, he became Lieutenant Colonel. He was promoted to Adjutant General in 1823, Major General in 1825 and

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in 1835. He was the Norwegian Minister of the Army in five periods between 1837 and 1848, and a member of the Council of State Division in

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three times between 1839 and 1847. He attended the

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during 1814 where he represented the Norske Jægerkorps along with Corporal Niels Fredriksen Dyhren where they both supported the independence party (''Selvstendighetspartiet'' ).

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

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