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]- ^ a b c Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Bernhard Ludvig Essendrop". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Presidents of the Storting
- ^ Bratberg, Terje (1996). "Vitenskapsselskapet". In Arntzen, Jon Gunnar (ed.). Trondheim byleksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. pp. 599–600. ISBN 82-573-0642-8.
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- 1891 deaths
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- Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
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- Members of the Storting 1877–1879
- Members of the Storting 1874–1876
- Members of the Storting 1871–1873
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