Bernhard Ludvig Essendrop (21 December 1812 – 13 March 1891) was a Norwegian politician and priest in the Church of Norway.
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).
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]
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]