Peder Anker was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 businessman and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Norway

Prime Minister of Norway

The Prime Minister of Norway is the political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Stortinget , to their political party, and ultimately the...

 from 1814 until 1822.

Biography

Peder Anker was a member of a Danish-Norwegian noble family. He was born in Christiania, the son of the wealthy merchant Christian Anker. He had three brothers Iver (1745-1772), Bernt (1746-1805) and Jess (1753-1798). Following education in Christiania

Christiania

-Places:* Christiania or Kristiania, names of Oslo * Freetown Christiania , a self-proclaimed autonomous neighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark* Christiania Township, Minnesota, a township in Jackson County...

 and a year as student at the University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

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, Peder Anker and his brothers spent five years traveling with private tutors in Great Britain

Great Britain

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, France

France

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, Germany

Germany

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, Italy

Italy

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 and Sweden

Sweden

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Peder Anker bought the Bogstad

Bogstad

Bogstad is a former estate and now neighborhood in the borough of Vestre Aker in Oslo, Norway.It has its origin in a farm by the same name, near the lake Bogstadvannet. The farm was owned by several notable people...

 manor with additional forest land and extended the existing house to make a splendid mansion. Bogstad had for about 100 years belonged to members of the Leuch family, his grandmother's family. He also acquired iron mines and foundries, notably Bærums Verk

Bærums Verk

Bærums Verk is a village in Bærum in Akershus, Norway, with a population of about 8000. It is located on both sides of the river Lomma.-History:...

 and Hakadal Verk. The Vækerø manor near Oslo was established as a port for the export of iron. Anker rose to become one of Norway's richest individuals.

Peder Anker was a delegate to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll

Eidsvoll

is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Romerike traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sundet.-Name:...

 in 1814

Norway in 1814

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, representing 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...

. He distinguished himself as a "unionist." On 18 November 1814 he was appointed Prime Minister of Norway to Stockholm after the Union between Sweden and Norway

Union between Sweden and Norway

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 was established, and remained in this office until 30 June 1822. In 1815, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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Honors

Peder Anker was decorated with the Royal Order of the Seraphim and the Order of Charles XIII

Order of Charles XIII

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Legacy

The residential street Peder Ankers vei in Jar, Norway

Jar, Norway

Jar is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Its population is 4,868.It is served by the Jar rail station on the Kolsås Line.-References:...

 was named after Peder Anker. Roads have been named after Peder Anker in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Halden

Halden

is a both a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The seat of the municipality, Halden is a border town located at the Tista river delta on the Iddefjord, the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden.-History:...

, and Jar

Jar, Norway

Jar is a district in the municipality of Bærum, Norway. Its population is 4,868.It is served by the Jar rail station on the Kolsås Line.-References:...

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Other sources

• Frydenlund, Bård (2009) Stormannen Peder Anker : en biografi (Oslo: Aschehoug) ISBN 978-82-03-21084-6
• Government Administration Services Peder Anker