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Minister Of Auditing (Norway)
The Norwegian Minister of Auditing was the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Auditing. The position existed from 1822 to 1918. List of Norwegian Ministers of Auditing ReferencesMinistry of Auditing. Councillor of State 1822 - 1918 {{Ministers of Norway Auditing An audit is an "independent examination of financial information of any entity, whether profit oriented or not, irrespective of its size or legal form when such an examination is conducted with a view to express an opinion thereon.” Auditing ... 1822 establishments in Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Ministry Of Auditing
The Office of the Auditor General of Norway ( no, Riksrevisjonen) is the state auditor of the Government of Norway and directly subordinate of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for auditing, monitoring and advising all state economic activities, including financial audits, performance audits and corporate control. Located in Oslo, it is led by a board of five auditors general elected for four years and from 2014 it has been led by Per-Kristian Foss. It is regulated by the ''Auditor General Act of June 1, 2005''. The office has about 460 employees, mostly recruited among economists, lawyers and social scientists. History The office dates back to 1814 when the Constitution of Norway §75 stated that there were to be appointed five auditors by the Parliament of Norway with the first auditors being appointed in 1816. In 1822 the Ministry of Auditing (''Revisjonsdepartementet'') was created as a supplement to the office that originally bore the name ''Statsrevisjonen'' (li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Aall (born 1809)
Jacob Aall (27 July 1773 – 4 August 1844) was a Norwegian politician, historian, landowner and government economist. He was born the son of Nicolai Benjamin Aall (1739-1798), who was a merchant in Porsgrunn, Norway and owner of Ulefos Manor. He was also the nephew of merchant Jacob Aall (1754-1826). Career In 1791, Aall began attending a school in Copenhagen, Denmark where he earned a degree in theology in 1795. After graduating, he returned to Norway where he tried working as a cleric, but he felt that his abilities were not well at use and decided to take up other studies. In 1796, he returned to Copenhagen, where he began studying natural science. In 1797, he journeyed to Germany, touring the scientific schools of Leipzig, Kiel and Göttingen. In Germany he became acquainted with the geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner. In 1799, after spending the winter at the academy of mines in Freiberg, Aall returned to Norway. Following his father's death, he invested his patrimony in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Hein Theodor Nysom
Hans Hein Theodor Nysom (5 September 1845 – 28 August 1903) was a Norwegian politician with the Liberal Party, a cabinet minister and member of Norwegian Parliament. Nysom was born at Botne in Vestfold, Norway. He was a grandchild of priest and politician Hans Hein Nysom. He originally made a career in the military, but from 1874 he worked with canals and timber raftings. From 1884 to 1892 he was the chairman of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society. In 1891, he was appointed to the cabinet of Prime Minister Johannes Steens. He served as Minister of Auditing and Minister of Labour on 6 March 1891. On 27 November the same year he left the position as Minister of Auditing. He left the Ministry of Labour on 1 May 1893. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1895, representing the constituency of Kristiania, Hønefoss og Kongsvinger. He was re-elected in 1898. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Stang
Emil Stang (14 June 1834 – 4 July 1912) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He served as the 5th prime minister of Norway from 1889–1891 and again from 1893–1895. He also served as the first leader of the Conservative Party from 1884–1889, 1891–1893 and 1896–1899. Biography Emil Stang was born and died in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway). He was the son of former Prime Minister Frederik Stang. Stang became cand.jur. in 1858 and established his own legal practice in 1861. Starting that year he also took part in the editing of ''Ugeblad for Lovkyndighed'' ("Weekly magazine for Law knowledge"). From 1871 to 1907 he was the editor of ''Norsk Retstidende'' (the annals of Norwegian courts), except for the years when he was Prime Minister. He was the first chairman of the Conservative Party from 1884–1889, and lead the party again 1891–1893, and again 1896–1899. He was Prime Minister from 1889 to 1891 and from 1893 to 1895. From 1889 to 1891 he was President of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Olrog Schjøtt
Peter Olrog Schjøtt (29 July 1833 – 7 January 1926) was a Norwegian philologist and politician. Personal life Peter Olrog Schjøtt was born in 1833 to priest and politician Ole Hersted Schjøtt (1805–1848) and his wife Anna Jacobine, née Olrog, in Dybvaag where his father was stationed as vicar. He was named after his maternal grandfather Peter Olrog.Opptegnelser fra det gamle Porsgrunn by Inga Friis. Hosted by Porsgrunn public library. He was the brother of philologist , who was born Stener Johannes Stenersen Schjøtt, named after professor of theology |
Lars Knutson Liestøl
Lars Knutson Liestøl (13 June 1839 – 15 December 1912) was a Norwegian politician. Liestøl served on the district council of Bygland in Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . The ..., Norway over a 36-year period. He also was the municipal mayor for twelve years. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament during various sessions between the periods 1874–1912. He served under the government of Prime Minister Johan Sverdrup as Minister of Auditing 1888–1889, as well as head of the Ministry of the Interior in 1888. References 1839 births 1912 deaths Government ministers of Norway People from Åseral Mayors of places in Norway {{Norway-politician-1830s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Sverdrup (politician)
Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup (27 March 1845 – 11 June 1899) was a Norwegian bishop and politician. 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. He served five terms in the Norwegian Parliament between 1877 and 1898, and was a cabinet member on several occasions. Originally a member of the Liberal Party, he later joined the Moderate Liberal Party, having partially been the cause of the split that formed the Moderate Liberal Party. He has been referred to as "one of the most controversial figures in modern Norwegian history". Personal life Sverdrup, born in Christiania, was the first of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup and Caroline Suur's eight children, one of five sons. Raised in Balestrand in the county of Nordre Bergenhus Amt, his father was a prominent local figure in ecclesiastical and political affairs, as a priest, mayor and memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birger Kildal
Birger Kildal (15 April 1849 – 13 December 1913) was a Norwegian attorney and businessman. He served as politician with the Liberal Party and was appointed District Governor in Romsdal. Background Kildal was born at Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of businessman and merchant Peter Wessel Wind Kildal and his wife, Christine Marie Gotaas (1817-1900). He took his law degree in 1871 and first worked as a lawyer in Hammerfest. He later went to work in his father's various commercial and industrial enterprises including Lilleborg Fabrikker which his father had founded in 1833. Political career Kildal had several cabinet posts in the cabinets of Prime Ministers Johan Sverdrup and Francis Hagerup. He was Minister of Auditing 1884–1886, as well as head of the Ministry of Postal Affairs in 1885. later, he was a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1886-1887 and 1904–1905, Minister of Justice and Minister of Labour 1887, Minister of Labour 1887–1888 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Sverdrup
Johan Sverdrup (30 July 1816 – 17 February 1892) was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party. He was the first prime minister of Norway after the introduction of parliamentarism and served as the 4th prime minister of Norway. Sverdrup was prime minister from 1884 to 1889. Early years He was born at Sem in Vestfold, Norway. He was the son of Jacob Liv Borch Sverdrup (1775–1841) and Gundelle Birgitte Siang (1780–1820). His father was a pioneer in scientific agriculture in Norway. He finished his law studies in 1841. He worked as a lawyer in Larvik, a small town on the west coast of the Oslofjord. In 1851 he was for the first time elected to the Storting, and from then until his appointment as Prime Minister in 1884, he was one of the leaders of parliament. In Norway, political parties were considered inappropriate and unwanted. Sverdrup tried from his earliest days in the Storting to form a radical party consisting of the large group of peasants and the radical elem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Christian Collett
Johan Christian Collett (23 July 1817 – 29 April 1895) was a Norwegian politician.Johan Christian Collett — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) Personal life Johan Christian Collett was the son of (1775-1827), who was among the founders of the Norwegian Constitution, and Christiane Birgithe de Stockfleth (1782-1829). He had four brothers and six sisters, although three siblings died young. His brother Peter Jonas Collett was a prominent jurist and literary critic who married Camilla Wergeland[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Bachke
Ole Andreas Bachke (6 May 1830 – 3 January 1890) was the Norwegian jurist and Government Minister. Biography Bachke was born at Røros in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. He was the eldest son of the local sheriff Halvard Bachke (1800-1852) and his wife AnnaSofie Ditlevsen (1804-1878). He studied for a career in law and achieved his law degree in Christiania (Oslo) in 1852. He then studied abroad for several years. From 1856 he was a trial attorney in Christiania (now Oslo). In 1860 he became secretary for justice affairs at Christiania. In 1864 he was a judge and became a Chief Justice in 1878. He was president of a diocesan court, before entering the first cabinet of Prime Minister Frederik Stang in 1879. He became Minister of Justice 1879–1880, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1880–1881, Minister of Justice 1880–1882, Ministry of Auditing 1882–1884, and acting Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Homann Schweigaard
Christian Homann Schweigaard (14 October 1838 – 24 March 1899) was a Norwegian politician of the Conservative Party. He served as the 3rd prime minister for two months in 1884, a period after the impeachment of his predecessor Christian August Selmer called Schweigaard's Ministerium. Schweigaard held a number of key positions, including Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1889–1891 and 1893–1896, as well as Parliamentary Leader from 1889–1891 and 1894–1895. He was Emil Stang's indispensable partner, leading the Conservative Party's policy and organizational development in the 1880s and 1890s. Background Schweigaard was born in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway). He was the son of Anton Martin Schweigaard and Caroline Magnine Homan. He took his final exams in 1855 and then studied law. He studied law for a year in London and Paris becoming a lawyer in 1863. Career In 1864, he appeared as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of Norway. He served as a Member of Norwegian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
