Frederik Peter Brandt

Frederik Peter Brandt (24 July 1825 – 2 May 1891) was a Norwegian jurist, legal historian and professor at the Faculty of Law of the Royal Frederick University (1866–1890).

[1] Frederik Peter Brandt was born at Åmli in Aust-Agder, Norway.

In 1851, he was awarded the Crown Prince's gold medal (Kronprinsens gullmedalje) for his thesis regarding changes in Norwegian judicial institutions.

[2][3] Brandt was a member of the city council in Kristiania (now Oslo) from 1863-76.

From 1872, he was an extraordinary judge (ekstraordinær dommar) with the Supreme Court of Norway.(Høgsterett).