Career
He received his Cand.theol. degree in 1819. He was the Bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros from 1843–1849. In 1827, he was elected to the Parliament of Norway and while in office, he was elected as the President of the Storting.
He was the Minister of Church Affairs and Education for several periods between 1848 and 1872, as well as Minister of Auditing in 1852 and Minister of Finance in 1853, and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm from 1849-1850 and 1854-1855.
Riddervold was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1859 and the Gold Medal for Outstanding Civic Service in 1869.
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