Georg Ulrich Wasmuth (19 March 1788 – 16 October 1814) was a Norwegian military officer who served as a representative at the

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Georg Ulrich Wasmuth was born at Kvernes, a village near the town of

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county, Norway. Georg Ulrich underwent training at the military academy. He starting his military career as a corporal in the Nordafjelske Ski Battalion about 1804. From 1805, he was an officer in the First Trondhjemske Regiment and was promoted to Second Lieutenant in 1806 and First Lieutenant in 1808. He served in the campaign in

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during the war with Sweden in 1808. In Autumn 1814, he participated in the war with Sweden and took part in engagements in

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and at

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. He represented the First Trondhjemske Regiment at the

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in 1814, together with

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. At

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, he supported the position of the independence party (''Selvstendighetspartiet''). He married Mette Jacobine Christine Hirsch (1791-1878) in 1812. The couple resided at

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in what is now

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and were the parents of two children. Georg Ulrich died shortly after the birth of their youngest child. His widow subsequently remarried.''Georg Ulrich Wasmuth, Eidsvollsmann'' (eidsvollsmenn.no)
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''Representantene på Eidsvoll 1814'' (Cappelen Damm AS) ''Men of Eidsvoll'' (eidsvollsmenn)

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