Peder Krabbe Gaarder

Peder Krabbe Gaarder (1814 - 1883) was a Norwegian jurist and political theorist.

He was born in Alstahaug. As a political theorist on constitutional law he weighted popular sovereignty over separation of powers. He published "Fortolkninger over Grundloven og de øvrige Love, som danne Norges Riges offentlige Ret" in 1845 and "Om den Norske Constitution. Modbemærkninger til B. Dunkers Skrift om samme Gjenstand" in 1846.cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title =Gaarder, Peder Krabbe |encyclopedia=Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location= |url=http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=578388 ]

Despite favoring the revolutionary Marcus Thrane movement, which peaked around 1850, he was hired at the Office of the Auditor General of Norway from 1851.b] He was later promoted to Auditor General of Norway from 1882 to his death in 1883.

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