Question: Where was the father of Knut Hedemann born?

Knowledge 1: Knut Hedemann
Knut Hedemann (13 May 1922 – 2 May 2011) was a Norwegian diplomat.He was born in Ringsaker as a son of politician Rudolf Hedemann and younger brother of journalist Reidar Hedemann.He finished his secondary education in 1943.During the Second World War he was a member of the Norwegian police troops in exile in Sweden, having fled from Norway in 1944.After studying in the US from 1946 to 1947 he took the cand.jur.degree at the University of Oslo in 1948.In the same year he married physician's daughter Gro Ranveig Hansen.He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a secretary in 1949.He served as an embassy secretary in the United Kingdom and France (the embassy to NATO and OEEC), before becoming assistant secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1958 and sub-director in 1961.In the 1960s he was a chargé d'affaires in Israel and Turkey, and an embassy counsellor in Sweden.He was promoted to deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969, but went on to be chargé d'affaires in Kenya in 1972.He served as the Norwegian ambassador to Canada from 1975 to 1978, to the United States from 1979 to 1984 and to Austria from 1984 to 1990.He received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and was a Knight of the Order of the Polar Star and the Order of Homayoun.He was decorated as a Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1979.He died in 2011. [SEP] Knowledge 2: Rudolf Hedemann
Rudolf Hedemann (12 March 1889 – 18 November 1978) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Stange as a son of railway foreman Reinhart Hedemann (1854-1937).He was married to Kristiane Bjørgås (1896–1964), and was the father of Knut and Reidar Hedemann.Reidar was for some time married to Berit Monsen, a sister of Per Monsen and daughter of Fredrik Monsen.He attended railway school, and advanced through the ranks in the Norwegian State Railways as a station clerk and telegrapher.He was finally the station master of Hjellum Station from 1934 to 1950.During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was arrested twice.The first time he was imprisoned from 23 to 27 March 1942.The second time he was arrested on 15 October 1944, and imprisoned in Victoria Terrasse, Åkebergveien and Berg concentration camp to the occupation's end in May 1945.In Vang, Hedmark he chaired the school board from 1929, and was the mayor of Vang, Hedmark from 1931 to 1965.He was the county council chairman of Hedmark from 1948 to 1963 and the first county mayor of Hedmark from 1963 to 1967.He chaired the Norwegian Association of Rural Municipalities from 1946 to 1960.Hedemann was also a minor ballot candidate in parliamentary elections of 1927, 1930 and 1933 without being elected.Hedemann was involved in the regional electricity institutions.He was a board member of Hamar, Vang og Furnes Kommunale Kraftselskap (HVF) from 1935 to 1967.In 1946 he became chair of the supervisory council in Vinstra Kraftselskap.In 1952 he became deputy chair of the supervisory council in Øvre Vinstra Kraftlag, representing HVF, but already in 1953 HVF was no longer a part of this organization.Hedemann was also a member of the local board of Vinmonopolet and a council member of the Norwegian State Housing Bank.In 1966 he was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav.
Knowledge 1: Knut Hedemann
Knut Hedemann (13 May 1922 – 2 May 2011) was a Norwegian diplomat.He was born in Ringsaker as a son of politician Rudolf Hedemann and younger brother of journalist Reidar Hedemann.He finished his secondary education in 1943.During the Second World War he was a member of the Norwegian police troops in exile in Sweden, having fled from Norway in 1944.After studying in the US from 1946 to 1947 he took the cand.jur.degree at the University of Oslo in 1948.In the same year he married physician's daughter Gro Ranveig Hansen.He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a secretary in 1949.He served as an embassy secretary in the United Kingdom and France (the embassy to NATO and OEEC), before becoming assistant secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1958 and sub-director in 1961.In the 1960s he was a chargé d'affaires in Israel and Turkey, and an embassy counsellor in Sweden.He was promoted to deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969, but went on to be chargé d'affaires in Kenya in 1972.He served as the Norwegian ambassador to Canada from 1975 to 1978, to the United States from 1979 to 1984 and to Austria from 1984 to 1990.He received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and was a Knight of the Order of the Polar Star and the Order of Homayoun.He was decorated as a Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1979.He died in 2011. [SEP] Knowledge 2: Rorik I
Rorik I was a Danish Viking chieftain.Having been expelled from Denmark with his brothers after participating in a long war of succession, Rorik raided Friesland and the areas of the lower Rhine.He was the father of Knut Roriksson, prominent member of the Great Heathen Army.
Knowledge 1: Knut Hedemann
Knut Hedemann (13 May 1922 – 2 May 2011) was a Norwegian diplomat.He was born in Ringsaker as a son of politician Rudolf Hedemann and younger brother of journalist Reidar Hedemann.He finished his secondary education in 1943.During the Second World War he was a member of the Norwegian police troops in exile in Sweden, having fled from Norway in 1944.After studying in the US from 1946 to 1947 he took the cand.jur.degree at the University of Oslo in 1948.In the same year he married physician's daughter Gro Ranveig Hansen.He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a secretary in 1949.He served as an embassy secretary in the United Kingdom and France (the embassy to NATO and OEEC), before becoming assistant secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1958 and sub-director in 1961.In the 1960s he was a chargé d'affaires in Israel and Turkey, and an embassy counsellor in Sweden.He was promoted to deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969, but went on to be chargé d'affaires in Kenya in 1972.He served as the Norwegian ambassador to Canada from 1975 to 1978, to the United States from 1979 to 1984 and to Austria from 1984 to 1990.He received the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and was a Knight of the Order of the Polar Star and the Order of Homayoun.He was decorated as a Commander of the Order of St. Olav in 1979.He died in 2011. [SEP] Knowledge 2: Obata Toramori
He was the father of Obata Masamori.

Answer: Stange