Jacob Vilhelm Rode Heiberg (19 February 1860 – 1946) was a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 civil servant and burgomaster in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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He was born in Vallø

Vallø

Vallø was a municipality in the former Roskilde County on the east coast of the island of Zealand in east Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 84 km², and had a total population of 10,337...

, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 as the son of judge Edvard Omsen Heiberg (1829–1884). He was a brother of Gunnar

Gunnar Heiberg

Gunnar Edvard Rode Heiberg was a Norwegian poet, playwright, journalist and theatre critic.-Personal life:...

 and Inge Heiberg, as well as a first cousin of Eivind

Eivind Heiberg

Eivind Heiberg was a Norwegian engineer and railway director. He is known as the chairman of Skabo Jernbanevognfabrik from 1899 to 1924, the Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries from 1906 to 1912, the Norwegian Employers' Confederation from 1912 to 1917, the Norwegian State Railways...

 and Gustav Adolf Lammers Heiberg

Gustav Adolf Lammers Heiberg

Gustav Adolf Lammers Heiberg was a Norwegian barrister and politician for the Labour Party.-Personal life:He was born in Kristiania as a son of barrister Anton Vilhelm Heiberg and his wife Antonie Magdalene Fossum. He was a first cousin of Eivind, Jacob, Gunnar and Inge Heiberg and a first cousin...

 and a first cousin once removed of Bernt

Bernt Heiberg

Johan Bernt Krohg Heiberg was a Norwegian architect.-Early and personal life:He was born in Kristiania to the barrister Axel Heiberg and his wife Ragnhild Krohg . He had two brothers: Axel Heiberg jr. and Edvard Heiberg...

, Axel

Axel Heiberg (judge)

Axel Heiberg was a Norwegian judge.He was a son of barrister Axel Heiberg , brother of Bernt and Edvard Heiberg, nephew of Eivind Heiberg, first cousin of Hans Heiberg and a first cousin once removed of Gustav, Jacob, Gunnar and Inge Heiberg.He worked as a lawyer from 1935, and became a prosecutor...

 and Edvard Heiberg

Edvard Heiberg

Edvard Heiberg was a Norwegian director and engineer.Heiberg was the youngest son of barrister Axel Heiberg and his wife Ragnhild Krohg . He had two brothers, Axel Heiberg Jr. and Bernt Heiberg...

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He enrolled as a student in 1878 and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1884. He had been hired in the Ministry of Church and Education

Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research

Royal Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research is a Norwegian responsible for education, research and kindergartens. The ministry was established in 1814, and since October 18, 2007 led by Tora Aasland and Kristin Halvorsen in 2009. The department reports to the legislature...

 already in 1878, and became subdirector in 1894. He had influence on the development of folkebogsamlinger ("people's book collections") a predecessor institution of the more modern public libraries

Public library

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. In 1901 he published the book Folkebogsamlinger i Norge samt forslag til nyordning. In 1909 he became burgomaster

Burgomaster

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 in Norway's capital Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

. From 1923 to his retirement in 1928 he was city manager

City manager

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In April 1895 in Modum

Modum

Modum is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hallingdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vikersund. The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838 .The area has a long tradition of skiing with several famous...

 he married Christiane Jeanette Aimée Dedichen. Through her he was a brother-in-law of Henrik and Georg Dedichen

Georg Dedichen

Georg Maria Dedichen was a Norwegian chemist.He was born in Modum as a son of physician Hans Gabriel Sundt Dedichen and his wife Caroline H. F. Thaulow. He was a brother of Henrik Dedichen and a maternal grandson of Heinrich Arnold Thaulow. He enrolled as a student in 1887, and studied in...

. He was the father of Hans Heiberg

Hans Heiberg

Hans Heiberg was a Norwegian journalist, literary critic, theatre critic, essayist, novelist, playwright, translator and theatre director.-Early and personal life:...

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