The Danish Constituent Assembly (Danish: Den Grundlovgivende Rigsforsamling) is the name given to the 1848 Constitutional assembly at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen that approved the Danish Constitution and formalized the transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional democracy. It consisted of members of which 114 were elected by the people, 38 were appointed by the king and the rest were government ministers.[1]
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The Danish Constituent Assembly first met on 23 October 1848.[2]
- Martin Hammerich, scholar and educator
- Hans Peter Hansen, Bank of Denmark director
- Anders Sandøe Ørsted, jurist
- Tage Algreen-Ussing [da], procurator-general
- William Frederik Duntzfelt, merchant and councilman
- Carl Holger Visby [da], parish priest
- Johannes Ephraim Larsen [da], professor
- Harald Hartvig Kayser [da], master carpenter
- Peter Pedersen [da], professor
- Lauritz Nicolai Hvidt, merchant
- Nicolai Elias Tuxen, military officer
- Nørresundby: Anders Jensen Hjort, estate manager
- Aalborg: Jens Christopher Schurmann [da], parish priest
- Bælum: Anders Jungersen, teacher
- Brorstrup: Christen Eriksen, farmer
- Nibe: Christian Magdalus Jespersen [da], landsoverretsprokurator
- Bjerget: Ulrik Christian Frederik Aagaard, county manager
- Thisted: Hans Ditlev Lützhøft [da], agent
- Vestervig: Frederik Christian von Haven, parish priest
- Nykøbing Mors: Christian Erhard Bagger [da], parish priest
- Skive: Bertel Nørgaard [da], farmer
- Viborg: Laurids Nørgaard Bregendahl [da], overretsassessor
- Levring: Mads Pagh Bruun, industrialist
- Søndervinge: Henrik Wellejus Jacobæus [da], farmer
- Løvel: Werner Jaspar Andreas Ussing [da], overretsassessor
- Odder: Geert Winther [da], magister
- Aarhus: Christian Rasmus Otterstrøm [da], bank teller
- Skjoldelev: Torkild Christian Dahl [da], overretsprokurator and landowner
Skanderborg County
- Horsens: Ditlev Ræder [da], mayor
- Skanderborg: Frederik Vilhelm Schytte [da], oil miller
- Bræstrup: Niels Hunderup, bailiff
- Linå: Michael Drewsen [da], industrialist
- Varde: Christopher Leberecht Tobiesen, provost
- Hjerting: Hans Christian Nielsen, farmer
- Ribe: Peter Hansen Tvede, procurator
- Steensvanggård: Niels Hansen, teacher
- Bredebro: Caspar Frederik Gram [da], priest
Members appointed by the king
- Carl Christopher Georg Andræ, military officer
- Hans Peter Bergmann, veterinarian
- Vilhelm Bjerring [da], professor
- Hans Brøchner Bruun, merchant
- Preben Lihme Brandt, textile manufacturer
- S.A.M. Buchwald, merchant
- Christian Cederfeld de Simonsen [da], stamhusbesidder
- Georg Christensen [da], gunsmith
- Jens Christensen [da], farmer
- Henrik Nicolai Clausen, professor (replaced by Frederik Markus Knuth after he was appointed as government minister)
- Christian Georg Nathan David [da], professor
- Carl Edvard van Dockum, naval officer (later Christian Albrecht Bluhme)
- Jacob Scavenius Fibiger [da], military officer
- Thomas Funder [da], tobacco manufacturer
- Hother Hage, jurist
- Christian Sehestedt Juul [da], chamberlain
- Schack Lüneberg Køster [da], councilman
- Mathias Lüttichau, chamberlain
- Tage Christian Müller [da], Bishop of Ribe
- Jacob Peter Mynster, Bishop of Zealand
- Niels Ostenfeldt, hospital director
- Valdemar Tully Oxholm [da], military officer
- Børge Petersen, hatter
- Peder Brønnum Scavenius, landowner
- Carl Otto Emil Schlegel, military officer
- Knud Sidenius, merchant
- Jørgen Erik Frederik Skeel [da], chamberlain
- Wilhelm Carl Eppingen Sponneck (replaced Anton Frederik Tscherning after he was appointed as government minister)
- Frederik Treschow, konferensråd
- Frederik Wulff, city treasurer
- Christian Frederik Zeuthen, baron
- Caspar Frederik Wegener [da], secretary archivist
- Jon Gudmundson, student (Iceland)
- Konráð Gíslason, educator (Iceland)
- Jon Johnsen, byfoged (Iceland)
- Brynjolf Pjeturson, kongelig fuldmægtig (Iceland)
- Jón Sigurðsson, kandidat (Iceland)
- Christian Pløyen, amtmand (Faroe Islands)
Ministers of the March Cabinet and November Cabinet