Johan Georg Ræder was a Norwegian

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...

 military officer.

Personal life

He was born in Meldal

Meldal

Meldal is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region.The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Meldal. The village of Meldal has a population of 609. Other villages include Løkken Verk, Bjørnli, and Storås...

 as a son of Johan Christopher Rhäder and his second wife Cathrine Margrethe Riiber. He was the grandson of Johan Georg Rhäder, the person who immigrated to Norway and started the family branch there. In February 1782 in 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...

 he married Catharina Margrethe Lind (1759–1820). They had nine children, including the sons Johan Christopher Ræder

Johan Christopher Ræder (1782–1853)

Johan Christopher Ræder was a Norwegian military officer. He was of German and Danish descent, and partly served in the Danish army.-Personal life:...

 (1782–1853), Nicolai Ditlev Amund Ræder (1790–1867), Johan Philip Thomas Ræder (1795–1869), Jacob Thode Ræder (1798–1853) and Severin Henrik Ræder (1800–1878). He was the grandfather of Jacques Ræder

Jacques Ræder

Hans Jacob "Jacques" Theodor Wilhelm Ræder was a Norwegian military officer.He was born in Trondhjem as a son of Johan Christopher Ræder and Kaja Munch. He was a grandson of Johan Georg Ræder, brother of Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder, Johan Georg Ræder, and Ole Munch Ræder, and an uncle of Anton...

, Ole Munch Ræder

Ole Munch Ræder

Ole Munch Ræder was a Norwegian jurist and diplomatist. He was born in Kongsvinger. He was consul for Sweden-Norway at Malta from 1861 to 1869, in Alexandria from 1869 to 1871, at Malta from 1871 to 1874, and in Hamburg from 1874 to 1891. He was Commander, First Class of the Order of St. Olav and...

, Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder

Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder

Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder was a Norwegian jurist and politician.A jurist by education, he worked as a civil servant in various government ministries, and as a fut in Hallingdal....

 and Johan Georg Ræder

Georg Ræder

Johan Georg Ræder was a Norwegian military officer, railway pioneer and politician. He was a driving force in the construction of Norways first railway line, the Hoved Line from Christiania to Eidsvoll, which opened in 1854.-Personal life:Ræder was born in Kongsvinger as the son of Johan...

 and great-grandfather of Anton Henrik Ræder

Anton Ræder

Anton Henrik Ræder was a Norwegian philologist and historian. He was born in Christiania. He was rector of Oslo Cathedral School from 1907 to 1927. He has been portrayed by Johan Nordhagen and Gustav Vigeland . He was Knight, First Class of the Order of St...

, Johan Christopher Ræder

Johan Christopher Ræder

Johan Christopher Ræder was a Norwegian military officer.He was born in Nes, Buskerud as a son of Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder and Hanna Scheel. He was a brother of Anton Henrik Ræder, a grandson of Johan Christopher Ræder and a nephew of Johan Georg Ræder, Ole Munch Ræder and Jacques Ræder...

 and Rudolf Falck Ræder

Rudolf Falck Ræder

Rudolf Falck Ræder was a Norwegian military officer, engineer and politician for the Liberal Left Party.He was born in Kongsvinger as a son of military captain Severin Henrik Ræder og Thora Falck...

. In Denmark he had the grandsons Carl Gustav Valdemar Ræder

Carl Gustav Valdemar Ræder

Carl Gustav Valdemar Ræder was a Danish farmer and writer.He was born in Copenhagen as a son of Colonel Jacob Thode Ræder...

, Johan Georg Frederik Ræder

Johan Georg Frederik Ræder

Johan Georg Frederik Ræder was a Danish civil servant and writer.He was born in Copenhagen as a son of Colonel Jacob Thode Ræder...

 and Oscar Alexander Ræder

Oscar Alexander Ræder

Oscar Alexander Ræder was a Danish writer.He was born in Copenhagen as a son of Colonel Jacob Thode Ræder...

 and great-grandson Hans Henning Ræder.

He lived at Nes near Veblungsnes

Veblungsnes

Veblungsnes is a village located along the Romsdalsfjord just across the Rauma River from the town of Åndalsnes in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The highway runs through the village on its way from Åndalsnes southwest to Innfjorden. Veblungsnes is home to the...

 from 1787 to 1806, then in Orkdalsøra

Orkanger

Orkanger is village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Orkdal at the end of the Orkdalsfjorden, and arm of the Trondheimsfjord. Orkanger is the administrative and commercial centre of the municipality of Orkdal...

 until leaving to fight in the war in 1808. In the same year he contracted illness which developed into gall fever. He died in November 1808 in Kongsvinger

Kongsvinger

is a town and is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger....

.

Career

He took his military education in Copenhagen, and from 1787 to his death he served in the Trondhjemske Regiment. He headed the Romsdalske Kompani from 1787, the 2nd Battalion from 1804 and then the 3rd Battalion from 1806. His forces were employed in the Theater War

Theater War

The Theater War , alias Cowberry War , was a brief war between Denmark–Norway and Sweden, starting on 24 September 1788, formally lasting until 9 July 1789...

 without entering battle, and in the Dano-Swedish War (1808–1809). Already from 1807, at the outbreak of the Gunboat War

Gunboat War

The Gunboat War was the naval conflict between Denmark–Norway and the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The war's name is derived from the Danish tactic of employing small gunboats against the conventional Royal Navy...

, his forces were in active garrison in Trondhjem

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

. In the war of 1808–1809 Ræder had notable roles in the victorious Battle of Trangen

Battle of Trangen

The Battle of Trangen took place on 25 April 1808 at Trangen in Flisa, Hedemarkens Amt, between Swedish and Norwegian troops as a part of the Dano-Swedish War of 1808-1809. The invading Swedish troops, led by colonel Carl Pontus Gahn, were surrounded and forced to surrender by the Norwegian troops...

 and the non-victorious Skirmish of Mobekk. He reached the rank of Second Lieutenant in 1769, Premier Lieutenant in 1782, Captain in 1787, Major in 1804 and Lieutenant Colonel in 1808. In 1808 he was also decorated as a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

Order of the Dannebrog

The Order of the Dannebrog is an Order of Denmark, instituted in 1671 by Christian V. It resulted from a move in 1660 to break the absolutism of the nobility. The Order was only to comprise 50 noble Knights in one class plus the Master of the Order, i.e. the Danish monarch, and his sons...

. He died, and Carl Oscar Munthe

Carl Oscar Munthe

-Personal life:He was born in Elverum as a son of physician Christopher Pavels Munthe . He was a younger brother of historian and military officer Hartvig Andreas Munthe, painter Gerhard Munthe and writer Margrethe Munthe...

called it the biggest loss of a single man in the war.