Bernhard Ludvig Essendrop

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Bernhard Ludvig Essendrop.

Bernhard Ludvig Essendrop (21 December 1812 – 13 March 1891) was a Norwegian politician and priest in the Church of Norway.

Early life[edit]

He was born in Christiania (now Oslo) and was the brother of Bishop Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop.[1] He served as a priest in Søndre Throndhjems Amt (now Sør-Trøndelag). He was parish priest of the Strinda and Bakklandet neighborhoods in Trondheim (1851 to 1876) and village mayor during two periods (1862-1865) and (1868-1873).

Political career[edit]

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1862, 1865, 1871 and 1874, representing his county.[2] He served as President of the Lagting during the third term, and President of the Storting from 1874.[1][3] He was originally among the prominent liberals, a group which also included Johan Sverdrup, Johannes Steen and Ole Richter, but later became more moderate/conservative.[1] After he became dean of Nidaros Cathedral in the Diocese of Nidaros at Trondheim, he was elected from the constituency of Trondhjem og Levanger in 1877 and 1880.[2]

Later life[edit]

Essendrop also served as praeses of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters from 1874 to 1883.[4] He died in March 1891.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Bernhard Ludvig Essendrop". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  2. ^ a b c "Bernhard Ludvig Essendrop" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  3. ^ Presidents of the Storting
  4. ^ Bratberg, Terje (1996). "Vitenskapsselskapet". In Arntzen, Jon Gunnar (ed.). Trondheim byleksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. pp. 599–600. ISBN 82-573-0642-8.
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Storting
1874–1882
(with others)
Succeeded by
Academic offices
Preceded by Praeses of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
1874–1883
Succeeded by