Hans Georg Jacob Stang (prime minister)

Hans Georg Jacob Stang (17 November 1830 – 1 March 1907) was a Norwegian attorney, official and politician. He was Norway's Prime Minister in Stockholm (Norges statsminister i Stockholm) 1888–1889. [1]

Hans Georg Jacob Stang

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) 1884–1885 and 1886–1887, Minister of the Interior 1885–1886, and Minister of Justice 1887–1888, as well as head of the Ministry of Justice in 1888. He was also governor of Lister og Mandal Amt (now Vest-Agder) 1889–1906. [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 in 1907.[5] [6][7]

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



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