[1] He was born in Elsinore (Helsingør) as a son of goldsmith Lars Amberg, a Norwegian immigrant to Denmark.
He was a brother of lexicographer Hans Christian Amberg.
Herman Amberg was hired at Christiania Cathedral School (in Norway) in 1782, and became headmaster in 1799.
[2] He was married to Marthe Bonsach from 1798 to her death in October 1835.
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