Niels Andreas Vibe was a Norwegian military officer and civil and royal servant.

He was born in Rollag

Rollag

Rollag is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Numedal. The municipality of Rollag was established on 1 January 1838 . Nore og Uvdal was separated from Rollag in 1858....

 as a son of Major

Major

Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...

 Johan Christian Vibe (1716–1764) and Anne Cathrine Pihl (1725–1773). He was a brother of Johan Vibe and Ditlev Wibe. In October 1795 in Christianssand

Kristiansand

-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...

 he married Margery Kierulf (1775–1852). They had the son Ludvig Vibe

Ludvig Vibe

Frederik Ludvig Vibe was a Norwegian philologist and educator.He was born in Bergen as a son of County Governor Niels Andreas Vibe and Margery Kierulff . He was a nephew of Johan Vibe and Ditlev Wibe, brother of Henriette Gislesen, brother-in-law of Heinrich Arnold Thaulow and second cousin of...

 and the daughter Henriette Gislesen

Henriette Gislesen

Henriette Jakobine Martine Gislesen, née Vibe was a Norwegian writer.He was born in Bergen as a son of County Governor Niels Andreas Vibe and Margery Kierulff...

. Another daughter Line Vibe married Heinrich Arnold Thaulow, who was her second cousin. Niels Andreas Vibe was also a great-grandfather of Henrik Dedichen and Carl Looft.

He graduated from the Free School of Mathematics

Norwegian Military Academy

The Norwegian Army Academy was established in 1750. It is the oldest university-level educational institution in Norway, and one of the oldest active military academies in the world. Krigsskolen primarily educates officers for the Norwegian Army. There are separate academies for the Royal...

 in 1780, and started serving in a dragoon

Dragoon

The word dragoon originally meant mounted infantry, who were trained in horse riding as well as infantry fighting skills. However, usage altered over time and during the 18th century, dragoons evolved into conventional light cavalry units and personnel...

 regiment. Already from 1781 he worked for the institution that many years later became known as the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority, notably with triangulation

Triangulation

In trigonometry and geometry, triangulation is the process of determining the location of a point by measuring angles to it from known points at either end of a fixed baseline, rather than measuring distances to the point directly...

. He became Commissary of War in Vesterlenske distrikt in 1795, and in the Diocese of Christianssand in 1798. From 1802 to 1811 he served as County Governor of Nordre Bergenhus Amt. In 1810 he founded the Western Norway branch of the Royal Norwegian Society for Development. He had formerly been a member of the Norwegian Society

The Norwegian Society

The Norwegian Society was a literary society for Norwegian students in Copenhagen. Its members included authors, poets and philosophers. The Norwegian Society was formed in 1772 by Ove Gjerløw Meyer...

, and was also an active member and honorary member of Det nyttige Selskab

Det nyttige Selskab

Det nyttige Selskab is a non-profit organization in Bergen, Norway.It was founded in Bergen in 1774 by Jens Boalth , who was the principal at Bergen Cathedral School from 1756 to 1780 and also co-founded the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in 1765 and the Philharmonic Drawing School in 1772...

and a singer in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the world's oldest orchestral institutions. It performs some 110 concerts a year, and is based at the 1,500-seat Grieg Hall in Bergen, Norway.-History:...

. From 1811 to 1814 he was Commissary of War for the whole of Norway, and from May 1814

Norway in 1814

1814 was a pivotal year in the history of Norway. It started with Norway in a union with the Kingdom of Denmark subject to a naval blockade being ceded to the king of Sweden. In May a constitutional convention declared Norway an independent kingdom. By the end of the year the Norwegian parliament...

 to his death he served as chamberlain

Chamberlain (office)

A chamberlain is an officer in charge of managing a household. In many countries there are ceremonial posts associated with the household of the sovereign....

 for King Christian Frederick of Norway

Christian VIII of Denmark

Christian VIII , was king of Denmark from 1839 to 1848 and, as Christian Frederick, king of Norway in 1814. He was the eldest son of Hereditary Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway and Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, born in 1786 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen...

. Vibe died in September 1814 in Christiania

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...

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