Hans Riddervold (7 November 1795 – 20 July 1876) was a Norwegian priest and politician.

Personal life

He was born at Teien in Åsgårdstrand as a son of shipmaster Adolf Kvernheim Riddervold (1760–1817) and Bredine Bolette Nielsen (1773–1811). He was the father of Julius Riddervold, who in turn was a grandfather of Hans Julius Riddervold. Hans Riddervold's daughter Bodil Mathea married Cato Guldberg and the daughter Mette Marie Riddervold married Peter Andreas Jensen.

Hans Riddervold married Anna Maria Bull (1803–1870) in June 1822. She was a younger sister of Cato Guldberg's mother Hanna Sophie Theresia Bull, making Cato and Bodil Mathea first cousins.

Career

He received his Cand.theol. degree in 1819. He was the bishop of Nidaros from 1843 until 1849. In 1827, he was elected to the Parliament of Norway and while in office, he was elected as the president of the Storting.

He was the minister of church affairs and education for several periods between 1848 and 1872, as well as minister of auditing in 1852 and minister of finance in 1853, and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm from 1849 to 1850 and 1854–1855.

Riddervold was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1859 and the Gold Medal for Outstanding Civic Service in 1869.

Church of Norway
Preceded byPeder Olivarius BuggeBishop of the Diocese of Trondhjem 1843–1849Succeeded byHans Jørgen Darre
Political offices
Preceded byPoul Christian HolstNorwegian Minister of Church and Education 1848–1849Succeeded byJørgen Herman Vogt
Preceded byNicolai Johan Lohmann Krog and Frederik StangMember of the Norwegian Council of State Division in Stockholm 1849–1850 Served alongside: Hans Christian PetersenSucceeded bySøren Anton Wilhelm Sørenssen and Nicolai Johan Lohmann Krog
Preceded byJørgen Herman VogtNorwegian Minister of Church and Education 1850–1854Succeeded byJørgen Herman Vogt
Preceded byNicolai Johan Lohmann KrogChief of the Norwegian Ministry of Auditing 1852Succeeded byNicolai Johan Lohmann Krog
Preceded byJørgen Herman VogtNorwegian Minister of Finance and Customs 1853Succeeded byJørgen Herman Vogt
Preceded byHans Christian Petersen and Thomas Edvard von Westen SylowMember of the Norwegian Council of State Division in Stockholm 1849–1850 Served alongside: Frederik StangSucceeded byErik Røring Møinichen and Hans Christian Petersen
Preceded byOtto Vincent LangeNorwegian Minister of Church and Education 1855–1872Succeeded byCarl Peter Parelius Essendrop
Preceded byHans Christian PetersenChief of the Norwegian Ministry of Auditing 1861Succeeded byFrederik Stang