Name Syvert Eeg | Died 1838 | |
Syvert Omundsen Eeg (21 August 1757 – 20 November 1838) was a Norwegian farmer and Sea captain. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly in 1814.
Syvert Omundsen Eeg was born in Søgne in Vest-Agder, Norway. He worked as both a farmer and a shipmaster. He signed up as a seaman in Kristiansand in 1796. He sailed aboard the Strandmaagen and the brig Anne Marie. Later he was skipper of the galleons Emanuel and Peter. He was held captive in England as a result of the British embargo of Norway during the Napoleonic wars.
Syvert Omundsen Eeg was married in 1782 to Anne Salvesdatter (1757-1842). The couple lived on the farm Eeg (Gården Eik in Søgne). They were the parents of eight children, of which only five survived childhood.
He was elected to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, representing the constituency of Mandals Amt (now Vest-Agder). Together with his fellow representatives, Erich Haagensen Jaabech and Osmund Andersen Lømsland, during the negotiations at Eidsvoll, he supported the position of the union party (Unionspartiet).