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Hans Georg Jacob Stang (prime minister)

Hans Georg Jacob Stang (prime minister)

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Hans Georg Jacob Stang (17 November 18301 March 1907) was a Norwegian attorney, official, and politician. He was the Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm (Norges statsminister i Stockholm) from 18881889.[1]

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Biography

Stang was born in Nannestad, Norway and attended Oslo Cathedral School until 1848, before graduating with a degree in law from the University of Christiania in 1852. He worked for a number of years as a judge in Christiania (now Oslo) before establishing his legal practice in Kongsvinger during 1859. From 1878 to 1884 he was a city judge in Christiania.[2]

He entered into national politics as a member of the administration of Prime Minister Johan Sverdrup in 1884. He was member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm (Norske statsråder i Stockholm) from 18841885 and again from 18861887. He was the Minister of the Interior from 18851886 and Minister of Justice from 18871888, as well as head of the Ministry of Justice in 1888. He also served as the County Governor of Lister og Mandals amt and Diocesan Governor of Kristiansand from 18891906.[3][4]

Personal life

He married Anna Sophie Margrethe Holmsen on 28 December 1855. His wife was President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights. They were the parents of Georg Stang, who served as Norwegian Minister of Defense (1900–03). He died in Kristiansand on 1 March 1907.[5][6][7]


References

  1. "Norges statsminister i Stockholm". Regjeringen.no. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  2. "Hans Georg Jacob Stang". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  3. "Norske statsråder i Stockholm". Regjeringen.no. June 2011. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  4. Knut Dørum. "Jacob Stang". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  5. "Jacob Stang, Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm 1888 - 1889". Norwegian Government Ministries since 1814 (in Norwegian). Government Administration Services. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  6. Per Fuglum. "Georg Stang". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
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