Frederik Motzfeldt

Frederik Motzfeldt (2 November 1779 – 2 January 1848) was a Norwegian politician. He was a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.[1]

Frederik Motzfeldt

Motzfeldt was born at Skaun in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. He was raised in Trondhjem. He was the son of Major Jacob Motzfeldt (1744- 1816) and Sophia Cathrine Mühlenphort (1751-1789). He was a cousin of Peter Motzfeldt and Carl Frederik Motzfeldt. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1801. [2]

He worked as both stipendiary magistrate (byfoged) and district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) at Molde in Romsdal, Norway.[3] He was a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, representing Molde. He generally supported the position of the Independence Party (Selvstendighetspartiet).[4]

He left Molde later in 1814 to work as a Supreme Court assessor. In 1821 he was appointed Auditor General of Norway, a post he held until 1827. He continued to work at the Office of the Auditor General of Norway to 1845.[4] He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1830, representing the constituency of Christiania. He had been a deputy representative in 1827.[3]

References

1. "Frederik Motzfeldt (1779-1848)". Eidsvoll 1814. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
2. Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Motzfeldt". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
3. Frederik Motzfeldt — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
4. "Motzfeldt, Frederik". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.