Danish Constituent Assembly Explained

The Danish Constituent Assembly is the name given to the 1848 Constitutional assembly at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen that approved the Danish Constitution and formalized the transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional democracy. It consisted of members of which 114 were elected by the people, 38 were appointed by the king and the rest were government ministers.^[1]

The Danish Constituent Assembly first met on 23 October 1848.^[2]

List of members

Martin Hammerich, scholar and educator
Hans Peter Hansen, Bank of Denmark director
Anders Sandøe Ørsted, jurist
, procurator-general
William Frederik Duntzfelt, merchant and councilman
, parish priest
, professor
, master carpenter
, professor
Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt, merchant
Nicolai Elias Tuxen, military officer

Frederiksberg: Carl Christian Hall, chief auditor
Kongens Lyngby:, educator (replaced, merchant, after the initial election was declared invalid)
Roskilde Kro: Carl Wilhelm Thalbitzer, landowner
Køge: Andreas Frederik Krieger, professor
Roskilde:, parish priest
Blæsenborg:, farmer

Helsingør:, town bailiff
Esrum: Johan Christian Drewsen, industrialist
Ramløse: Edouard Buntzen, attorney
Frederikssund: Rasmus Nielsen Møller, crofter
Slangerup:, farmer and parish bailiff
Hillerød: Johannes Andreas Ostermann, teacher

Holbæk: Niels Ludvig Westergaard, professor
Tvede Kro:, copyholder
Vedby Kro:, teacher
Kalundborg:, captain
Faurbo Kro: N.H. Nielsen, farmer
Nykøbing Sjælland: Nicolai Andreasen, miller

Ringsted:, copyholder
Sorø: Carl Emil Mundt, scholar
Holløse:, theologian
Skælskør: Christen Christensen Møller, institution manager
Slagelse: Carl de Neergaard, landowner
Korsør:, parish priest

Store Heddinge:, farmer
Rønnede: Frederik Johannsen, miller
Vallø:, jurist
Præstø:, weaver (replaced by N.F.S. Grundtvig, priest)
Vordingborg:, farmer
Næstved:, farmer and parish bailiff
Stege:, student

Odense:, teacher
Højby:, farmer
Vissenbjerg:, farmer
Assens: Hans Dinesen, farmer
Middelfart:, parish priest
Bogense:, procurator
Søndersø:, farmer
Kerteminde:, copyholder

Rudkøbing:, teacher
Tranekær:, farmer
Svendborg:, medical doctor
Nyborg:, educator
Kværndrup:, farmer
Korinth Kro:, farmer
Sønder Bråby: Knud Christian Høier, copyholder

Nakskov: Balthazar Christensen, lawyer
Juellinge: Christen Blach, farmer
Maribo:, prokurator
Sakskøbing: Hans Olesen, farmer
Nykøbing Falster:
Stubbekøbing: Hans Rasmussen, farmer

Rønne: A.S. Stender, jurist
Aakirkeby: Johan Nicolai Madvig, professor (replaced by J.W. Marckmann after being appointed as government minister)

Nørresundby: Anders Jensen Hjort, estate manager
Aalborg

, parish priest

Bælum: Anders Jungersen, teacher
Brorstrup: Christen Eriksen, farmer
Nibe:,

Frederikshavn: Severin Hastrup, farmer
Sæby: Hans Peter Theilmann, estate manager
Hjørring:, landowner
Jerslev:, landowner
Vrejlev: Ludvig Christian Brinck-Seidelin, landowner
Halvrimmen: Johan Nicolai Frederik Hasselbalch, farmer

Bjerget: Ulrik Christian Frederik Aagaard, county manager
Thisted:, agent
Vestervig: Frederik Christian von Haven, parish priest
Nykøbing Mors:, parish priest

Skive:, farmer
Viborg:,
Levring: Mads Pagh Bruun, industrialist
Søndervinge:, farmer
Løvel:,

Odder:, magister
Aarhus:, bank teller
Skjoldelev:, and landowner

Horsens:, mayor
Skanderborg:, oil miller
Bræstrup: Niels Hunderup, bailiff
Linå:, industrialist

Mariager: Joakim Frederik Schouw, professor
Randers:, teacher
Estrup:, auditor
Grenaa: Peter Christian la Cour, priest
Ebeltoft: Peter Daniel Bruun, Supreme Court justice
Voldum:, editor and merchant

Fredericia: Peter Georg Bang, amtmand (replaced by Peter Carl Christian Holck after being appointed as government minister)
Kolding: Carl Ploug, editor
Vejle:, bailiff
Give: Anders Hermansen, farmer
Konstantia:, politician
Bjerre:, bailiff

Ringkøbing:, landowner
Lemvig:, farmer
Holstebro:, bailiff
Herning: Jens Fløe, diocesan inspector
Skjern: Jens Petersen, teacher

Varde: Christopher Leberecht Tobiesen, provost
Hjerting: Hans Christian Nielsen, farmer
Ribe: Peter Hansen Tvede, procurator
Steensvanggård: Niels Hansen, teacher
Bredebro:, priest

Members appointed by the king

Carl Christopher Georg Andræ, military officer
Hans Peter Bergmann, veterinarian
, professor
Hans Brøchner Bruun, merchant
Preben Lihme Brandt, textile manufacturer
S.A.M. Buchwald, merchant
,
, gunsmith
, farmer
Henrik Nicolai Clausen, professor (replaced by Frederik Markus Knuth after he was appointed as government minister)
, professor
Carl Edvard van Dockum, naval officer (later Christian Albrecht Bluhme)
, military officer
, tobacco manufacturer
Hother Hage, jurist
, chamberlain
, councilman
Mathias Lüttichau, chamberlain
, Bishop of Ribe
Jacob Peter Mynster, Bishop of Zealand
Niels Ostenfeldt, hospital director
, military officer
Børge Petersen, hatter
Peder Brønnum Scavenius, landowner
Carl Otto Emil Schlegel, military officer
Knud Sidenius, merchant
, chamberlain
Wilhelm Carl Eppingen Sponneck (replaced Anton Frederik Tscherning after he was appointed as government minister)
Frederik Treschow,
Frederik Wulff, city treasurer
Christian Frederik Zeuthen, baron
, secretary archivist
Jon Gudmundson, student (Iceland)
Konráð Gíslason, educator (Iceland)
Jon Johnsen, byfoged (Iceland)
Brynjolf Pjeturson, (Iceland)
Jón Sigurðsson, (Iceland)
Christian Pløyen, amtmand (Faroe Islands)

Ministers of the March Cabinet and November Cabinet

Carl Emil Bardenfleth, Minister of Justice
Christian Frederik Hansen, Minister of War
Adam Wilhelm Moltke, Prime Minister
Ditlev Gothard Monrad, Kultus Minister
, Minister for Schleswig
, Minister of the Navy

Notes and References

Web site: Demokratiets etablering: Den Grundlovgivende Forsamling. Danish. danmarkshistorien.dk. 8 February 2019. 24 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200924022131/https://danmarkshistorien.dk/perioder/det-unge-demokrati-1848-1901/demokratiets-etablering-den-grundlovgivende-forsamling/. dead.
Web site: Den Grundlovgivende Rigsforsamling. Danish. denstoredanske.dk. 8 February 2019.