Norwegian ancestor in Danish army 1808-1814

[Robert Broughton]

I'm trying to find out more about Kristian Rasmussen Grepperud, from Hemnes
i Høland, Akershus, Norway. He was born in 1782, and I found a record in
the Riksarkivet of military service in 1808-1814. He was a lieutenant, if
my recollection is correct.

I'm looking for more information about this guy. Regiment? Where he saw
action? Where was he when Norway attempted to break free from Sweden at the
time of the 1814 Grunnlov?

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Bob Broughton
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Vancouver, BC, Canada
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[Hugh Watkins]

Robert Broughton wrote:

Hugh Watkins wrote:


Robert Broughton wrote:


I'm trying to find out more about Kristian Rasmussen Grepperud, from
Hemnes i Høland, Akershus, Norway. He was born in 1782, and I found a
record in the Riksarkivet of military service in 1808-1814. He was a
lieutenant, if my recollection is correct.

I'm looking for more information about this guy. Regiment? Where he saw
action? Where was he when Norway attempted to break free from Sweden at
the time of the 1814 Grunnlov?


what you need is in Copenhagen

http://www.daisy.sa.dk/



What should I enter for the "arkivskaber" and "arkivseries"?

part of aword

read the help menu

I tried Krig = war
with the date limitations 1808-1814

officers a well documented in many lists
hof-kalender
appointmentts
medals
honours

etc

if you can't read danish join the danish list on rootsweb
and use the boards on dis-danmark

Hugh W




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[olaf]

You've got your history a bit wrong. In 1814 Norway was ceded to the Swedish
Crown in the Treaty of Kiel as compensation for the loss of Finland to
Russia following the Napolenic Wars. It was a union with a common king but
Norway with the Eidsvold Constitution of 1814 that failed to produce
independence. Norway didn't get free from that Swedish union until 1905. It
is a litttle difficult to separate Norwegian and Danish military service at
that time but there at were some military actions
Olaf
http://odin.dep.no/odin/engelsk/om_odin ... b-n-a.html

Robert Broughton wrote:

I'm looking for more information about this guy. Regiment? Where he saw
action? Where was he when Norway attempted to break free from Sweden at
the time of the 1814 Grunnlov?

[Robert Broughton]

olaf wrote:

You've got your history a bit wrong.

How so?

It is a litttle difficult to separate Norwegian and Danish
military service at that time but there at were some military actions

Exactly. I thought that some skirmishes took place in 1814. When I
wrote "break free from Sweden", I was referring to the aftermath of the
Treaty of Kiel.

--
Bob Broughton
http://broughton.ca/
Vancouver, BC, Canada
"It should be legal for a private maternity ward to permit smoking."
- Chuck Wright, May 22, 2006

[dn09848]

You could try to get hold of Olai Ovenstads "Militærbiografier : den norske hærs officerer fra 18. januar 1628 til 17. mai 1814". It contains family and career information about all(most?) officers in the Norwegian army from 1628 to 1814.

Or you could try to ask if someone could look it up for you in the debate forum at the Norwegian Digital Archives (http://www.digitalarkivet.no/ ). You can write in English.

There is another forum you could try as well at https://slektsforum.slektogdata.no/index.php

Hope this helps.

Per Harald