Frants Philip Hopstock

Frants Philip Hopstock (15 November 1746 – 8 October 1824) was a Norwegian priest.

[1] He was born in Kongsberg as a son of forester Andreas Christian Hopstock (1695-1751) and his wife Maren, née Hofmann Krogh.

Frants Philip Hopstock was also a personal acquaintance of Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark and Norway, who visited him at Vaale in 1798.

[1] His daughter Louise Juliane Catharine Hopstock was married to later bishop Mathias Sigwardt from 1792 until her death in November 1815.

Sigwardt worked as both curate and seminary inspector under Frants Philip Hopstock.