Helmer Andersen Gjedeboe | |
Birth Date: | 9 February 1786 |
Birth Place: | Orkdal, Norway |
Office: | Norwegian Constitutional Assembly |
Term Start: | 1814 |
Term End: | 1814 |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Occupation: | Non-commissioned military officer, shop keeper and police officer |
Helmer Andersen Gjedeboe (9 February 1786 - 26 September 1854) was a non-commissioned military officer. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.[1]
Helmer Andersen Gjedeboe was born on the farm Geitbuan at Orkdal in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Helmer Gjedebo began his military career as a soldier in 1804. After he completed his military service in 1818, he ran a shop. In 1824, he received a license as a distiller. He entered public service as police officer in Trondheim from 1838–1850. His former residence in Trondheim was moved in 1979, rebuilt and opened in the Trondelag Folk Museum (Trøndelag Folkemuseum).[2] [3] He represented the Second Trondhjem Regiment (Trondhjemske Infanteribrigade) at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, together with Jacob Erik Lange. At Eidsvoll, he supported the position of the independence party (selvstendighetspartiet).[4] [5]