Background
Peter Daniel Baade was the son of Daniel Baade and Helle Marie Petersdatter Lange.
Peter Daniel Baade was the son of Daniel Baade and Helle Marie Petersdatter Lange.
He graduated from Trondheim Cathedral School in 1755 and received a candidate of theology degree two years later.
In 1768 he became the first librarian at the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. In 1762, he went to Copenhagen, where he continued his studies and received a candidate of law degree in 1764. That same year he returned to Trondheim, where he was an assistant to Bishop Johan Ernst Gunnerus.
He joined the efforts to reorganize the Society of Sciences and Letters, he also made the first draft of its new statutes.
In December 1767 he was named the society"s first librarian, but in January 1768 he was appointed as a pastor in Lidemark and Bjæverskov and he immediately traveled there. In 1784 Baade became a vicar in Borgund, and a few years later he became dean of Sunnmøre.
He retired in 1816 due to debility of old age. Baade himself was chosen as a representative for Eidsvoll, but he declined the position due to his advanced age and the election board had to find another.
Baade was a skilled and highly regarded cleric of the Enlightenment, with a mildly Orthodox orientation and an enthusiasm for culture.
He maintained the school in good condition and was a pioneer in farming and gardening. Foreign many years he was the chairman of Syndmøre Practical Agricultural Society (Norway"s first of its kind) and had a knowledge of botany. Today I have certainly heard the best speech since leaving Bergen, very brief but powerful."
Baade owned land in the district, and during his visitation in 1803 Brun supported Baade at Hellesylt, where his property was.
He was a member of the election board for Romsdal County in the selection of delegates to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814.