Peder Colbjørnsen

Peder Colbjørnsen (5 July 1683 – 17 March 1738) was a Norwegian timber merchant and war hero.

[1] Colbjørnsen was born at the Sørum vicarage at Romerike in Akershus, Norway.

He was the son of parish priest Colbjørn Torstensen Arneberg (1628-1720) and Catharina Kjeldsdatter Stub (1653-1731).

The family later re-located to Fredrikshald, where his uncle Niels Kjeldsen Stub (1638-1721) had a significant lumber business.

[2] Peder Colbjørnsen was chief of the civilian resistance at Fredrikshald during the Great Northern War.