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Hieronymus Heyerdahl
Norwegian politician

Hieronymus Heyerdahl

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Norwegian politician
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Place of birth
Fredrikstad, Norway
Place of death
Oslo, Norway
Age
91 years
Awards
commander of the Order of the Dannebrog
 
Knight of the Order of the Polar Star
 
Medal of St. Hallvard
 
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Biography

Hieronymus Heyerdahl (5 May 1867 – 13 January 1959) was a Norwegian lawyer, administrator and politician for the Conservative Party. He served as mayor of Oslo and was associated with the development of the new Oslo City Hall.

Personal life

Heyerdahl was born at Fredrikstadin Østfold, Norway. His parents were Hieronymus Heyerdahl (1832–1876) and Henriette Sophie Schou (1839-1929). He was the grandson of Hieronymus Heyerdahl (1773–1847) who had served at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814. He married Anna WilhelmineWeidemann (1869–1956) in 1893.

Career

Heyerdahl moved to Kristiania (now Oslo) in 1877. He entered the law school at Gjertsens skole in 1884 and earned his cand.jur. in 1889. He opened his own practice as an attorney in 1891 and became a High Court attorney (høyesterettsadvokat) in 1895.

He served on the City Council 1911–19 and 1923–25 and as mayor of Oslo from 1911 to 1914.At the end of his term in office, he developed the plans to build a new Oslo City Hall (Oslo rådhus). Heyerdahl launched the fundraising campaign for a new Oslo City Hall in 1914. Construction started during September 1931 and officially thefacility opened in May 1950.

Heyerdahlwas chairman of the board of directors of HeimdalA/S , member of the board of directors (chairman 1928–46) of Hafslund, member of the board of Christiania Bank and chairman 1919–29, member of the board of Vinmonopolet and representative of Norway for the Swedish mining company LKAB. He also was president of the Norwegian Red Cross from 1917 to 1922.

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