Hans Jacob Grøgaard
Hans Jacob Grøgaard (5 April 1764,– 22 March 1836)) was a Norwegian parish priest, writer and politician. [1]
Hans Jacob Grøgaard was born in Åsnes in Hedmark. At age three, the family moved to Bergen, where his father was Sexton at St. Jørgens Hospital. Grøgaard started his education at the Bergen Cathedral School. He studied theology in Copenhagen and earned his theological degree in 1784. In 1797, he became a chaplain at Øyestad in Aust-Agder. In 1811, he became vicar at Vestre Moland in Aust-Agder. In 1822, he became pastor at Nykirken in Bergen and in 1832 he was offered the episcopal office in Christiania, but had to decline because of poor health.[2][3]
He represented Nedenes amt (now Aust-Agder) at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814. He published the text book ABC in 1815, and the reader Læsebog for Børn, især i Omgangsskoledistrikterne in 1816. Both were used within schools throughout Norway during much of the 1800s.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Hans Jacob Grøgaard (Eidsvoll 1814)
- ↑ Hans Jacob Grøgaard (Lillesand museet)
- ↑ Hans Jacob Grøgaard (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
- ↑ "Hans Jacob Grøgaard". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ↑ Madsen, Kjell-Arild. "Hans Jacob Grøgaard". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 July 2011.