Carl Lauritz Mechelborg Oppen (1830–1914) was a Norwegian

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal qualification in law and often a legal practitioner. In the Uni ...

and politician. A jurist by education, he worked as a civil servant in various

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. 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.

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1830 births 1914 deaths Norwegian civil servants County governors of Norway {{Norway-politician-1830s-stub