Andreas Bonnevie

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Andreas Bonnevie (6 March 1782 – 10 April 1833) was a Norwegian priest and politician.

He was born in Mandal as the son of physician Honoratus Bonnevie and his second wife Kathrine Tørrisdatter.[1] His grandfather had migrated to Norway from Antibes, France.[2]

After private tutoring by bishop

Norway in 1814 he returned home and became vicar in Kongsberg instead. He was staunchly anti-Swedish, and regretted that Norway drifted from Denmark politically.[1] He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1815, representing his city, but served only one term.[3] From 1824 to his death he served as vicar in Øyestad. He also published a number of poems.[1]

From 1815 to his death, Bonnevie was married to Marie Berg.[1]

References