Herman Wedel Jarlsberg

Count Wedel Jarlsberg
Governor-general of Norway
In office 16 September 1836 – 27 August 1840
Monarch	Karl III Johan
Preceded by	Baltzar von Platen
Succeeded by	Severin Løvenskiold
Personal details
Born	Johan Caspar Herman Wedel Jarlsberg 21 September 1779 Montpellier, France
Died	27 August 1840 (aged 60) Wiesbaden, Germany
Resting place	Jarlsberg Manor
Nationality	Norwegian
Spouse	Karen Anker ​ (m. 1807)​
Children	Harald Wedel-Jarlsberg Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg

Count Johan Caspar Herman Wedel Jarlsberg (21 September 1779 – 27 August 1840) was a Norwegian statesman and nobleman. He played an active role in the constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 and was the first native Norwegian to hold the post of Governor-general of Norway with the authority of a viceroy, representing the absent king of Norway as head of the Norwegian cabinet during the union with Sweden.^[1]