Carl Lauritz Mechelborg Oppen (1830–1914) was a Norwegian
jurist
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and politician.
A jurist by education, he worked as a civil servant in various
government ministries
Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level Executive (government), executive bodies in the Machinery of government, machinery of governments that manage a specific se ...
. In 1875, he became
County Governor of Nordre Bergenhus amt, a post he held until 1889 when he became
County Governor of Stavanger amt. He held this position until 1910.
References
1830 births
1914 deaths
Norwegian civil servants
County governors of Norway
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