Andreas Martin Seip was a Norwegian military officer and politician.

He was the son of dr.med. Christian Caspar "Jesper" Seip (1751-1806), who had migrated to Norway from Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

. Both Andreas Martin Seip and his brother Jesper Gotlieb Seip (1793-1865) had a military career, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...

. Andreas Martin Seip also served as a road inspector. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1821, representing the constituency of Frederiksstad

Fredrikstad

is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad....

. He only served one term.

Andreas Martin Seip was a paternal grandfather of educator and politician Karl Seip

Karl Seip

Karl Seip was a Norwegian priest and educator, who also served as the Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1908 to 1909.-Personal life:...

, priest Jens Laurits Arup Seip and priest Martin Fredrik Seip. Through Jens Laurits he was a great-grandfather of politician Hans Kristian Seip

Hans Kristian Seip

Hans Kristian Seip was a Norwegian road engineer and politician for the Liberal Party. He spent most of his professional career in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. As a politician he was Mayor of Bergen and County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane, and served two terms in the Norwegian...

 and academic Didrik Arup Seip

Didrik Arup Seip

Didrik Arup Seip was Professor of North Germanic languages at the University of Oslo.He earned his doctorate in 1916 and was appointed professor the same year, retiring in 1954. Together with Herman Jæger, he edited and published the collected works of Henrik Wergeland in 23 volumes...

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