Harald Ulrik Sverdrup was a Norwegian engineer.

He was born at the farm Rise in Sem

Sem, Norway

Sem is a village in Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway.Sem was a former municipality in Vestfold. The parish of Sæm was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 3,590. On 1 January 1965 the district Stang with 126...

 as a son of Peter Jacob Sverdrup and Aaselle Thurmann. He was a grandson of former owner of Rise farm Jacob Liv Borch Sverdrup

Jacob Liv Borch Sverdrup

Jacob Liv Borch Sverdrup was a Norwegian educator and farmer, known for establishing the first agricultural school in Scandinavia.-Personal life:...

, grandnephew of professor Georg Sverdrup

Georg Sverdrup

Georg Sverdrup , born Jørgen Sverdrup, was a Norwegian philologist, who is well known for being a member of Norwegian Constituent Assembly in Eidsvoll in 1814 and later the parliament. He was also responsible for building the first Norwegian university library...

, nephew of politician Harald Ulrik Sverdrup

Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (politician)

Harald Ulrik Sverdrup was a Norwegian priest and politician.He was born at Jarlsberg Manor in Vestfold. His brother Johan Sverdrup would found the Liberal Party and become Prime Minister of Norway in 1884....

 and Prime Minister Johan Sverdrup

Johan Sverdrup

Johan Sverdrup was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party. He was the first Prime Minister of Norway after the introduction of parliamentarism. Sverdrup was Prime Minister from 1884 to 1889.- Early years :...

, first cousin once removed of professors Jakob Sverdrup

Jakob Sverdrup (historian)

-Personal life:He was born in Bergen as a son of the professor of religious studies Georg Johan Sverdrup . He was a nephew of philologist Jakob Sverdrup, a first cousin once removed of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup and Leif Sverdrup, a grandson of Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup, a great-grandson of Harald Ulrik...

 and Georg Sverdrup, and a first cousin of bishop Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup, professor Edvard Sverdrup

Edvard Sverdrup

Johan Edvard Sverdrup was a Norwegian educator, author and church leader. Edvard Sverdrup was one of the key theologian in the Church of Norway in the first few decades of the 1900s.-Biography:...

 bishop Jakob Sverdrup Smitt

Jakob Sverdrup Smitt

-Career:Smitt was born in Nordre Land. He was the son of the dean Anton Elias Smitt and Livia Sverdrup , and brother of Jonas and Livius Smitt. His father was a curate in Land from 1835 until 1840, when he became vicar in Vinje. Jakob Sverdrup Smitt was home schooled, except for one year of...

, politician Livius Smitt and agriculturalist Jonas Smitt.

He got his first education at the agricultural school run at his family farm until 1861. From 1867 to 1869 he attended the Norwegian College of Agriculture at Aas

Ås

Ås is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ås...

. In 1874 a position engineer of agriculture became vacant, left behind by Jonas Smitt—his first cousin. Sverdrup was given the position, provided that he conducted a year of studies to be prepared. He spent the time from October 1874 to October 1875 in Sweden and Denmark. As engineer of agriculture from 1875, he was responsible for agriculture in the Diocese of Kristiania

Diocese of Oslo

Oslo bishopric is The Church of Norway's bishopric for the municipalities of Oslo, Asker and Bærum. It is one of Norway's five traditional bishoprics and was founded around the year 1070.-History:...

 and the Diocese of Hamar

Diocese of Hamar

Hamar is a present Lutheran diocese, named after its episcopal see, the Norwegian city of Hamar.There are 164 parishes in the diocese.-Lutheran diocese:...

. From 1913 this was changed to Akershus Amt

Akershus

- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...

, Hedemarkens Amt

Hedmark

is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of Østlandet, the southeastern part of the country. It includes a long part of the borderline with Sweden, Dalarna County and Värmland County. The...

 and Kristians Amt

Oppland

is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer. Oppland is, together with Hedmark, one of the only two landlocked counties of Norway....

. He was also a member of the board of the Royal Norwegian Society for Development from 1893. He retired as engineer in June 1915, and died in April 1916 in Kristiania.