Johan Christopher Ræder (26 November 1782 – 16 July 1853) was a Norwegian military officer. He was of German and Danish descent, and partly served in the Danish army.

Personal life

He was born in

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as a son of Johan Georg Ræder (1751–1808). The family soon moved to

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, where he grew up. He was the great-grandson of Johan Georg Rhäder, the person who immigrated to Norway and started the family branch there. He was also a brother of Nicolai Ditlev Amund Ræder, Johan Philip Thomas Ræder and Jacob Thode Ræder.''

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'', volume 14, 1900 In November 1810 in Hals he married Kaja Munch (1794–1874), daughter of the Danish major Ole Munch. They had the children Jacques Ræder, Ole Munch Ræder, Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder and Johan Georg Ræder. Through Nicolai he was the paternal grandfather of Anton Henrik Ræder and Johan Christopher Ræder. Through his Danish brothers he was an uncle of Carl Gustav Valdemar Ræder, Johan Georg Frederik Ræder and Oscar Alexander Ræder and a granduncle of Hans Henning Ræder.

Career

He took his military education in Copenhagen, and an engineer's examination in 1805. He served in the

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, from 1802 to 1805 in the Crown Prince Regiment, and from 1805 to 1809 in the Engineer Corps in

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. He served in the General Command in

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from 1809 and in Norway from January 1810. He served as an engineer officer at

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, and fought in the

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. He served in

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from 1815 to 1818, and in

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from 1818 to 1842. He was also manager of the engineer education at the Norwegian Military College from 1817 to 1818, and acting board member of the college from 1844 to 1845. He reached the rank of second lieutenant in 1803, captain in 1809/1810, major in 1818, lieutenant colonel in 1828 and colonel in 1842. After Norway's independence from Denmark in 1814 he experienced a personal crisis, since he was faced with giving up the allegiance to Denmark. He resigned from the Norwegian service, but retracted the resignation. He was even elected to the first session of the

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in 1814. He was later re-elected in 1815, representing the constituency of Hedemarkens Amt.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raeder, Johan Christopher 1782 births 1853 deaths People from Møre og Romsdal Norwegian people of German descent Norwegian people of Danish descent Norwegian expatriates in Denmark Norwegian military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Norwegian Army personnel Academic staff of the Norwegian Military College Hedmark politicians Members of the Storting 1815–1817 Members of the Storting 1814