Stone monument commemorating Ole Olsen Amundrød and Iver Hesselberg at Tjølling Church
Iver Hesselberg (4 November 1762 – 26 January 1838) was a Norwegian businessman who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.[1][2]
Iver Magnussen Hesselberg was born at Larvik in Vestfold, Norway. He was the son of merchant Magnus Hesselberg (ca. 1729-ca. 1780). In his youth he went to sea and became a skipper. He later settled on Brekke at Tjølling in Vestfold. He was the owner of a shipyards at Hølen in Akershus. He also operated several ships principally for the transport of grain. He was married in 1801 with his cousin Anna Catharina Cecilia Heegaard (1769–1826) with whom he had two sons, Magnus (1804–1877) who served as a member of the Norwegian Parliament and Hans Jørgen (1810–1864).[3]
