Frederik Motzfeldt

Frederik Motzfeldt (2 November 1779 - 2 January 1848) was a Norwegian politician.

Born in Skaun, he graduated as cand.jur. in 1801.cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title =Motzfeldt, Frederik |encyclopedia=Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location= |url=http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=684753 ] He was a member of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly in 1814, representing Molde where he worked as both stipendiary magistrate ("byfoged") and district stipendiary magistrate ("sorenskriver"). [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12073 Frederik Motzfeldt] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ]

He left Molde later in 1814 to work as a Supreme Court assessor. In 1821 he was appointed Auditor General of Norway, a post he held until 1827. He continued to work at the Office of the Auditor General of Norway to 1845.b] He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1830, representing the constituency of Christiania. He had been a deputy representative in 1827.b]

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