Frederik Heidmann (27 July 1777 – 17 October 1850) was a Norwegian military officer, civil servant and politician.

Biography

Frederik Hartvig Johan Heidmann was born in

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(in the present-day

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) in Norway. He was the son of Lorentz Peter Heidmann (1732–1807) and Dorothea Mathea Sommerschield (1740–1805). He was born into an officer's family. His father was a Major in the Trondheim Infantry Regiment (''Trondhjemske Infanterriregiment''). He was trained for the military and in 1795 was promoted to second lieutenant. In 1803 he was promoted to first lieutenant with the Trondhjemske dragonkorps at

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. Together with Petter Johnsen Ertzgaard, he represented the Trondhjem Dragon Corps (''Trondhjems dragonkorps'') at the

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in 1814. He supported the position of the Independence Party (''Selvstendighetspartiet'') at the National Assembly. He was later a member of the

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as a representative of Nordre Trondheim at the 1818, 1821 and 1822 parliamentary assemblies. He was President of the

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in 1821. He was a representative it at the parliamentary assemblies in 1827 and 1828. In 1836 he remained a deputy representative. From 1821 he was county governor of

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, a position he held until 1849. Heidmann was married to Anna Catharina Bernhoff Ræder (1788–1858). She was the daughter of Johan Georg Ræder and sister of Johan Christopher Ræder, both of whom were military officers. He died in 1850 at his farm Kjonsud in

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References

1777 births 1850 deaths People from Levanger Norwegian Army personnel Norwegian military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Fathers of the Constitution of Norway County governors of Norway Members of the Storting 1827–1829 Members of the Storting 1821–1823 Members of the Storting 1818–1820 {{Norway-politician-1770s-stub