Jacob Rosted

He was from a clerical family; his father was a vicar and his uncle was a priest.

He studied at the University of Copenhagen where he earned his master's degree in philology in 1780.

Additionally, he edited the magazines Topographisk Journal for Kongeriget Norge and Hermoder from 1792 to 1808.

[1] Rosted was a member of Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters from 1820.

Rosteds gate, located between the districts of Grünerløkka and St. Hanshaugen in Oslo, was named in his honor.