About: Peder Martin Ottesen

Peder Martin Ottesen (1783–1852) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. He served as the County Governor of Stavanger county from 1826 until 1828. He finished his schooling in 1804 and went on to receive a Cand.jur. degree in 1807. He began his career as a bureau chief in the government commission in Christiania from 1807 to 1810. Ottesen was later the chancellor's secretary from 1811 to 1813, then a judge in Inderøy from 1813 to 1818. He was an assessor at the Akershus diocesan court from 1818 to 1826. Then from 1826 to 1828, he was the Governor of Stavanger Amt. In 1828, he became the Burgomaster of Christiania, a job he held until 1837. In December 1830, he was the acting Governor of Akershus stiftamt after the previous Governor left the job and before the next Governor began his