Carl Stousland (25 October 1860 – 23 August 1941) was a Norwegian merchant, banker and politician.

Biography

Stousland was born at

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, Norway. He was the son of ship captain Hans Jacob Stousland (1828–1913). His mother

Hedvig Ibsen Hedvig Cathrine Ibsen (married name Hedvig Stousland; born 15 November 1831 in Skien - died 15 June 1920 in Skien) was the sister of playwright Henrik Ibsen. She was the sister with whom Ibsen was particularly close during their childhood. She wa ...

Stousland (1831-1920) was the sister of noted playwright, Henrik Ibsen. He was a cousin of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen (1859–1930). From 1874 he worked in his uncle's grocery store in Skien and in 1885 he took over the shop. From 1888 he ran his own insurance business in Skien and from 1912 to 1932 he was stock exchange commissioner in Skien. He served five terms as a

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for

, representing the

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and as an independent, from 1898 to 1909 and from 1919 to 1921. He also served as Mayor of Skien from 1917 to 1919. He was appointed British

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in 1911. Carl Stousland
Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste

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1860 births 1941 deaths People from Skien Ibsen family Members of the Storting Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian merchants 19th-century Norwegian businesspeople {{Norway-politician-stub