Peter Blankenborg Prydz was a Norwegian military officer and politician.

He was born in Abelsøe

Abildsø

Abildsø is a neighborhood in the borough Østensjø in Oslo, Norway. It is located south of Manglerud and Ryen, east of Lambertseter, north of Langerud and east of Bøler the lake Østensjøvannet.-The name:...

, Aker

Aker

Aker is a surname.Aker can also refer to:In places:* Aker, Norway, a former municipality in NorwayIn other uses:* Aker , mentioned only in the Greek Apocalypse of Ezra* Aker , a god in ancient Egyptian mythology...

 as the son of Anne Hedevig Brochmann (1752-1834) and Hans Prydz (1751-1781), and had three brothers. He was a great-grandfather of the politician Hans Prydz

Hans Prydz

Hans Prydz was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Conservative Party.-Personal life:He was born in Grini in Bærum, as the son of lieutenant colonel Christen Edvard Prydz and his wife Isakine Wilhelmine Caspara Abel . He was a great-grandson of Peter Blankenborg Prydz and Søren Georg...

 (1868-1957).

As a politician, Peter Blankenborg Prydz was elected to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, representing the army regiment Nordenfjeldske Infanteri-Regiment. As a military officer he rose to the rank 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. ...

in 1825, before dying the next year.