Right Reverend

Hans Riddervold
Bishop
ChurchChurch of Norway
DioceseNidaros
Personal details
Born(1795-11-07)7 November 1795
Åsgårdstrand, Vestfold, Norway
Died20 July 1876(1876-07-20) (aged 80)
Christiania, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
DenominationChristian
ParentsAdolf Kvernheim Riddervold and Bredine Bolette Nielsen
SpouseAnna Maria Bull
ChildrenJulius Riddervold
OccupationPriest / Politician
EducationCand.theol.
Alma materOslo Cathedral School

Hans Riddervold (7 November 1795 – 20 July 1876) was a Norwegian priest and politician.

Personal life

He was born at Teien in Åsgårdstrand as a son of shipmaster Adolf Kvernheim Riddervold (1760–1817) and Bredine Bolette Nielsen (1773–1811). He was the father of Julius Riddervold,[1] who in turn was a grandfather of Hans Julius Riddervold.[2] Hans Riddervold's daughter Bodil Mathea married Cato Guldberg and the daughter Mette Marie Riddervold married Peter Andreas Jensen.[3][4]

Hans Riddervold married Anna Maria Bull (1803–1870) in June 1822.[1] She was a younger sister of Cato Guldberg's mother Hanna Sophie Theresia Bull, making Cato and Bodil Mathea first cousins.[3]

Career

He received his Cand.theol. degree in 1819. He was the bishop of Nidaros from 1843 until 1849. In 1827, he was elected to the Parliament of Norway and while in office, he was elected as the president of the Storting.[1]

He was the minister of church affairs and education for several periods between 1848 and 1872, as well as minister of auditing in 1852 and minister of finance in 1853, and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm from 1849 to 1850 and 1854–1855.[5]

Riddervold was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1859 and the Gold Medal for Outstanding Civic Service in 1869.

References

  1. ^ a b c Aarnes, Sigurd Aa. "Hans Riddervold". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Riddervold – slekt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  3. ^ a b Birkeland, Bent. "Cato M Guldberg". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  4. ^ Aarnes, Sigurd Aa. "P A Jensen". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Ministries and Offices 1814 -". Regjeringen.no. Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
Church of Norway Preceded byPeder Olivarius Bugge Bishop of the Diocese of Trondhjem 1843–1849 Succeeded byHans Jørgen Darre Political offices Preceded byPoul Christian Holst Norwegian Minister of Church and Education 1848-1849 Succeeded byJørgen Herman Vogt Preceded byNicolai Johan Lohmann Krogand Frederik Stang Member of the Norwegian Council of State Division in Stockholm 1849-1850 Served alongside: Hans Christian Petersen Succeeded bySøren Anton Wilhelm Sørenssenand Nicolai Johan Lohmann Krog Preceded byJørgen Herman Vogt Norwegian Minister of Church and Education 1850-1854 Succeeded byJørgen Herman Vogt Preceded byNicolai Johan Lohmann Krog Chief of the Norwegian Ministry of Auditing 1852 Succeeded byNicolai Johan Lohmann Krog Preceded byJørgen Herman Vogt Norwegian Minister of Finance and Customs 1853 Succeeded byJørgen Herman Vogt Preceded byHans Christian Petersenand Thomas Edvard von Westen Sylow Member of the Norwegian Council of State Division in Stockholm 1849-1850 Served alongside: Frederik Stang Succeeded byErik Røring Møinichenand Hans Christian Petersen Preceded byOtto Vincent Lange Norwegian Minister of Church and Education 1855-1872 Succeeded byCarl Peter Parelius Essendrop Preceded byHans Christian Petersen Chief of the Norwegian Ministry of Auditing 1861 Succeeded byFrederik Stang


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