caption death_date death_place birth_place allegiance battles birth_date rank image article_title name
captain drejer on the tree stump 1808 -lrb- age c. 35 -rrb- sønsterud farm , gjesåsen , norway fosnes , norway denmark denmark -- norway dano-swedish war of 1808-1809 1773 captain battle of trangen.jpg nicolay peter drejer
 nicolay peter drejer
nicolay peter drejer

nicolay peter drejer -lrb- 1773 -- 1808 -rrb- was a norwegian military officer with the rank of captain .
he was born in fosnes .
he became a legend during the battle of trangen on 25 april 1808 , leading his infantry regiment first from a roof , then from a tree stump with the height of a man .
the stump was later named after him -lrb- -rrb- , a series of myths developed after his death , and he became a national symbol in 1814 and in 1905 .
