Ove Sørensen Schjelderup | |
Birth Place: | Trondheim, Norway |
Death Place: | Norway |
Citizenship: | Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Profession: | Politician |
Office: | Governor of Nordlandenes amt |
Term Start: | 1704 |
Term End: | 1751 |
Predecessor: | Frederik Splet |
Successor: | Hans Hagerup de Gyldenpalm |
Ove Sørensen Schjelderup (1674–1756) was a Norwegian government official. He was educated at the University of Copenhagen. He was given the job of prosecutor for the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Denmark-Norway in 1697. In 1704 he was appointed to be the County Governor of Nordland county, a position he held from 1704 until his retirement in 1751.[1] [2]
He was the grandson of Peder Jenssøn Schjelderup. He married Kristin Hansdatter Munch in 1715. She was the daughter of Hans Munch, the Bishop of Christiania.