Johan Collett Falsen

Johan Collett Falsen

Johan Collett Falsen (9 September 1817 - 2 September 1879) was a Norwegian jurist and politician.

He graduated as cand.jur. in 1841. He worked as an attorney ("prokurator") in Nedenes from 1846, and then in Trondhjem. In 1849 he moved to Drammen to work as an attorney there. He became involved in politics, serving as mayor of Drammen from 1853 to 1959 and in 1861. [http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/1598791.html Johan Collett Falsen] at the Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) no icon] He was first elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1859, representing the urban constituency of Drammen. [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=10756 Johan Collett Falsen] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ]

In 1861 he was appointed County Governors of "Nordre Bergenhus amt" (now known as Sogn og Fjordane). [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Norway_counties.html Norwegian Counties] — World Statesmen.org] He first resided at Lærdalsøyri, but bought a farm in Leikanger in 1862. He thus became the first County Governor to live in Leikanger, where the county administration is located today.b] While stationed here, he was elected to Parliament for two more terms; in 1865 and 1868.b] He left the County Governor position in 1869b] to pursue a career in national politics.c]

In February 1870 Falsen was appointed Minister of Justice and the Police. His tenure ended on 29 June the same year; two days later he was appointed to the Council of State Division in Stockholm. On 1 August 1871 he was reassigned again, this time as Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs. Only two months later, on 1 October, he was appointed Minister of Justice again.c]

He held this post until 1 September 1872, when he was appointed Minister of the Interior. He held this position for exactly one year; then he returned to the Council of State Division in Stockholm. Exactly one year after that, he was appointed to his third period as Minister of Justice. He held this post until his death in September 1879, except for a period between 1 August 1877 and 1 August 1878, when he was assigned to the Council of State Division in Stockholm.d]

Falsen was awarded the Order of St. Olav, the Grand Cross of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star and the Grand Cross of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog.d]

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Minister of Justice and the Police (Norway) — In Norway, the Minister of Justice and the Police is the head of the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police and a member of Government of Norway. Current minister is Grete Faremo of the Norwegian Labour Party who is part of the second …   Wikipedia

  • Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion (Norway) — The Norwegian Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion is the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion. The position has existed since 1 January 1846, when the Ministry of the Interior was created. Several different names have …   Wikipedia

  • Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs (Norway) — The Norwegian Minister of Navy and Postal Affairs was the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Navy and Postal Affairs. The position existed from 1815 to 1885, but was named Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs only from 1861. In 1861, the… …   Wikipedia

  • Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder — (16 September 1817 22 July 1884) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. A jurist by education, he worked as a civil servant in various government ministries, and as a fut in Hallingdal.[1] In 1870 he became County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane,… …   Wikipedia

  • Michael Conrad Sophus Emil Aubert — (2 July 1811 – 8 November 1872) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He graduated as cand.jur. in 1835. He worked as an attorney from 1836, and diocesal attorney (stiftprokurator) in Bergen from 1841. He was then appointed district stipendiary… …   Wikipedia

  • Niels Arntzen Sem — (1782 1859) was a Norwegian politician. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1825 and 1827, representing the constituency of Stavanger Amt. He worked as district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) there.[1] In 1828 he was appointed… …   Wikipedia

  • List of members of the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly — In 1814 at Eidsvoll, Norway, an Assembly ( Riksforsamlingen ), which was composed of delegates from the whole country, convened to forge the Norwegian Constitution ( Norges grunnlov ). The delegates were popularly dubbed the Eidsvoll men (… …   Wikipedia

  • Norwegian nobility — are persons and families who in early times belonged to the supreme social, political, and military class and who later were members of the institutionalised nobility in the Kingdom of Norway. It has its historical roots in the group of… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste von Persönlichkeiten der Stadt Oslo — Die folgende Liste enthält Personen, die in Oslo (1624 bis 1924 Christiania; 1877 bis 1924 auch Kristiania) geboren wurden sowie solche, die dort zeitweise gelebt haben, jeweils chronologisch aufgelistet nach dem Geburtsjahr. Die Liste erhebt… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • List of people on stamps of Norway — Norway has issued stamps since 1855, and the first person to appear on a Norwegian stamp was the joint Norwegian Swedish king Oscar II in 1878. The first non royal person to appear on a Norwegian stamp was the playwright Henrik Ibsen, to… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”