Background
Peter Ulrik Magnus Hount was born at Nørre Sønderborg on the island of Als in the Region of Southern Denmark.
Peter Ulrik Magnus Hount was born at Nørre Sønderborg on the island of Als in the Region of Southern Denmark.
He attended Kristiansand Cathedral School.
In his youth, his family moved to Søgne in Vest-Agder, Norway. He began his studies at the University of Copenhagen in 1786. He became in 1793 assistant pastor at Voss in Hordaland.
In 1800 he became vicar of Moss in Østfold, and later became provost at Nedre Borgesyssel deanery (Nedre Borgesyssel prosti) in the Diocese of Borg.
Together with John Hansen Sørbrøden, he represented Smaalenenes amt (now Østfold) at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 where they both voted with the independence party (Selvstendighetspartiet).
He was a member of the Parliament of Norway for the period 1815-1816.