Frederik Motzfeldt

Frederik Motzfeldt.

Frederik Motzfeldt (2 November 1779 - 2 January 1848) was a Norwegian politician.

Born in Skaun, he graduated as cand.jur. in 1801.[1] He was a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, representing Molde where he worked as both stipendiary magistrate (byfoged) and district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver).[2]

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.[1] He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1830, representing the constituency of Christiania. He had been a deputy representative in 1827.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Motzfeldt, Frederik". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frederik Motzfeldt — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
Preceded by
Marcus S. Lyng		 Auditor General of Norway
1821–1827 		Succeeded by
Lauritz Nicolai Kraft