Carl Andreas Fougstad (2 March 1806 – 3 July 1871) was a Norwegian attorney, journalist, author and elected official. He served as mayor of Oslo.

Biography

Fougstad was born and grew up in Alverstraumen, today in

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municipality in

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, Norway. He was the son of Johannes Fougstad (1755–1830) and Charlotte Eleonore Tidemand Arentz (1767–1830). He studied law at the University of Christiania (now

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) and graduated as

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in 1831. In 1828 he had been chairman in the

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for half a year. He was a member of the social circle '' Intelligenspartiet'', whose most famous members were

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and

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. Fougstad was a co-editor of their newspaper '' Den Constitutionelle'' from 1836 to 1837. He authored the publications ''Det norske Storthing i 1833'', ''Repertorium for Oplysninger og Undersøgelser vedkommende viktige Gjenstande for ottende ordentlige Storthings Virksomhed'' with three volumes in 1835 and 1836 (with Frederik Stang) and ''Det norske Storthing i 1836''. Most of the members of ''Intelligenspartiet'' held some public office (''embete''); Fougstad worked as a civil servant in the

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from 1831 to 1845. From 1838 to 1845 he was co-author of the Department's Official Journal. From 1845 to 1850 he worked as chief of police in Christiania (now Oslo). He was a member of Christiania city council from 1842 to 1850, serving as

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from 1843 to 1845. Fougstad was elected to the

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in 1848, representing the constituency ''Christiania og Lillehammer''.Carl Andreas Fougstad born 1806
- Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) From 1850 to 1868 he served as

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of Christiania. He was proclaimed Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1855. He was also held the Russian

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, 2nd class, and was a commander of the Swedish

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. In 1901, ''Fougstads gate'' in the district of St. Hanshaugen in Oslo was named in his honor.

References

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