Following education in Christiania and a year as student at the University of Copenhagen, Peder Anker and his brothers spent five years traveling with private tutors in Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy.

They were pupils of the noted Swedish naturalist Carl von Linné at Uppsala University in 1764.

He was granted Danish nobility in 1778 and was awarded the title of General War Commissioner in 1788.

[2] Peder Anker bought Bogstad Manor with additional forest land and extended the existing house to make a splendid mansion.

[3][4][5] Peder Anker was a delegate to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814, representing Akershus Amt.