Annæus Johannes Schjødt

Annæus Johannes Schjødt (2 May 1857 23 April 1923) was a Norwegian barrister.

Annæus Johannes Schjødt
Born(1857-05-02)2 May 1857
Died23 April 1923(1923-04-23) (aged 65)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationBarrister
Politician
Known forAttorney General of Norway
Member of Parliament
Spouse(s)Edle Hartmann (second wife)
ChildrenAnnæus Schjødt
RelativesAnnæus Schjødt Jr. (grandson)

He was born in Christiania to Simon Peter Schjødt and Andrea Emilie Schriver. He was married to Laura Marie Rømcke from 1885 to 1892, and to writer Edle Hartmann from 1900.[1] He was the father of jurist Annæus Schjødt.[2]

Schjødt was barrister with access to work with the Supreme Court from 1885. He was member of the Storting from 1894 to 1900. He served as Attorney General of Norway from 1917. In 1884 he was a co-founder of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.[3]

He was decorated Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1910.[1]

References

  1. Amundsen, O. Delphin (1947). Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden (in Norwegian). Oslo: Grøndahl. p. 373.
  2. Dahl, Hans Fredrik. "Annæus Schjødt D.E.". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  3. "Indbydelse til at indtræde i Norsk Kvindesags-Forening stiftet den 28de Juni 1884," Bergens Tidende, 18 November 1884
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