Fredrik Arentz Krog (23 October 1844 – 6 April 1923) was a Norwegian barrister.

Personal life

Krog was born in

Flakstad Flakstad is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of the island group Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ramberg. Other villages include Fredvang, Napp, Nusfjord ...

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to parish priest Jørgen Sverdrup Krog and Ingeborg Anna Dass Brinchmann, and was a brother of

Gina Krog Jørgine Anna Sverdrup "Gina" Krog (20 June 1847 – 14 April 1916) was a Norwegian suffragist, teacher, liberal politician, writer and editor, and a major figure in liberal feminism in Scandinavia. She played a central role in the Norwegian l ...

. He was married to Cecilie Thoresen in 1887, and they had the son

Helge Krog Helge Krog (9 February 1889 – 30 July 1962) was a Norwegian journalist, essayist, theatre and literary critic, translator and playwright. Personal life Krog was born in Kristiania, the son of jurist Fredrik Arentz Krog and Ida Cecilie Thorese ...

, who became a journalist and playwright.

Career

Krog graduated as

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in 1868, and practiced as lawyer in Kristiania from 1876. He attained to barrister with access to work with

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cases in 1922. He was a board member of the railway company

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from 1884 to 1908, and was a member of the representative council of

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. He was elected member of the City Council of Kristiania from 1894. Krog was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1901.

References

1844 births 1923 deaths People from Flakstad 19th-century Norwegian lawyers Politicians from Oslo {{norway-law-bio-stub