Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup

Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup (27 March 1845 – 11 June 1899) was a Norwegian bishop and politician, who served as a member of the Norwegian parliament from 1884 to 1898. Born into a prominent local family and well-educated, Jakob followed in the footsteps of his father Harald Ulrik Sverdrup and his uncle Johan Sverdrup by pursuing both a theological and political life.

Early Life & Family

Sverdrup was the first born of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup and Caroline Suur's eight children, one of five sons. Raised in Balestrand in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, his father was a prominent local figure in ecclesiastical and political affairs, as a priest, Mayor of Balestrand, and a member of the Norwegian Parliament. Johan Sverdrup, his uncle, was Prime Minister of Norway from 1884 to 1889. Sverdrup was very close to his brother Georg Sverdrup, who emigrated to the United States in 1874 and later became the President of the Augsburg Seminary. Johan Edvard Sverdrup was his youngest brother who became a professor of the MF Norwegian School of Theology in Oslo.Citation
last = Hamre
first = James S.
author-link = James S. Hamre
title = Georg Sverdrup: Educator, Theologian, Churchman
publisher = Norwegian-American Historical Association
year = 1986
url = http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/NORWAY/2005-02/1108676374
isbn = 978-0877320715]

Career

In 1878, Sverdrup was a pastor in Ijebu.cite web
title = Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup
work = Fylkesleksikon
publisher = Regional Encyclopaedia of Sogn og Fjordane
url = http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/1921407.html
accessdate = 2008-09-08 no icon] After his father stepped down as a priest in 1883, Sverdrup ran for office and was elected to the post of Norwegian Minister-delegate in Stockholm, a post he held from 1884–1885. Following this appointment, Sverdrup was Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1885–1886, then Minister of Auditing from 1886–1888. In the next election, he again took up the position of Minister of Education and Church Affairs, this time holding the post from 1888–1889 and 1895–1898. [cite web
title = Biografier: Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup
work = Data om det politiske system
publisher = Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste
url = http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12879
accessdate = 2008-09-08 no icon] In 1890, Sverdrup moved to Bergen and became a pastor there.

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