Fredrik Stang (27 December 1867 – 15 November 1941) was a Norwegian law professor and politician for the

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. He served as a Member of Parliament, leader of the Conservative Party, Minister of Justice and the Police, Chairman of the

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, and Rector of

The Royal Frederick University The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, ...

. His father was Prime Minister

Emil Stang Emil Stang (14 June 1834 – 4 July 1912) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He served as the 5th prime minister of Norway from 1889–1891 and again from 1893–1895. He also served as the first leader of the Conservative Party from 1884–18 ...

and his grandfather was Prime Minister

Frederik Stang Frederik Stang (4 March 1808 – 8 June 1884) was a Norwegian lawyer, public servant, and politician who served as Norway's 1st prime minister in Christiana. Stang was born on the Nordre Rostad farm at Stokke in Vestfold, Norway. He was the so ...

Career

He obtained the

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degree in 1890. In 1897, he was appointed Professor of Jurisprudence at The Royal Frederick University. He served as a Member of Parliament 1906–1909, and was leader of the Conservative Party 1907–1911. He served as the

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Minister of Justice and the Police 1912–1913. In 1918, he obtained the dr.juris degree, and also received an honorary doctorate from the

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. He was chairman of the

, responsible for awarding the

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, 1922–1940. He was rector of

1921–1927 (and ''

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'' Dean of the

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) and editor of '' Tidsskrift for Retsvidenskab'' 1921–1936.

Personal life

He was born in

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as the son of Prime Minister

and his wife Adelaide Pauline Berg.Genealogy
He was a brother of

Emil Stang, Jr. Emil Stang, Jr. (22 September 1882 – 21 December 1964) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party and for the Communist Party of Norway. He was later the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway. Stang fi ...

and grandson of former Prime Minister

. Further out in the family, he was a third cousin of Ole A. Stang,

Jørgen Breder Stang Jørgen is a Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese masculine given name cognate to George People with the given name Jørgen * Jørgen Aall (1771–1833), Norwegian ship-owner and politician * Jørgen Andersen (1886–1973), Norwegian gymnast * Jørgen ...

and

Olaf Stang Olaf Stang (10 June 1871 – 14 November 1956) was a Norwegian engineer. He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was a son of county treasurer Wilhelm Baltazar Stang (1838–1916) and Petra Sørensen. In 1898 he married Olavia Stang from ...

. In 1894 he married Caroline Schweigaard (1871–1900), daughter of another former Prime Minister

Christian Homann Schweigaard Christian Homann Schweigaard (14 October 1838 – 24 March 1899) was a Norwegian politician of the Conservative Party. He served as the 3rd prime minister for two months in 1884, a period after the impeachment of his predecessor Christian August ...

and granddaughter of

Anton Martin Schweigaard Anton Martin Schweigaard (11 April 1808 – 1 February 1870) was a Norwegian educator, jurist, economist and member of the Norwegian Parliament. Background Schweigaard was born at Kragerø in Telemark, Norway. He was one of three children of J� ...

and

Thorvald Meyer Thorvald Meyer (23 September 1818 – 3 February 1909) was a Norwegian businessman and philanthropist. He was a wholesaler, retailer and shipowner as well as a land owner and developer. Biography Meyer was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norwa ...

. They had only one child

Christian Schweigaard Stang Christian Schweigaard Stang (15 March 1900 – 2 July 1977) was a Norwegian linguist, Slavicist and Balticist, professor in Balto-Slavic languages at the University of Oslo from 1938 until shortly before his death. He specialized in the study of ...

, who became a well-known linguist.

References

1867 births 1941 deaths Politicians from Oslo Government ministers of Norway Academics of the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo Rectors of the University of Oslo Chairpersons of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Fredrik Fredrik is a masculine Germanic given name derived from the German name ''Friedrich'' or Friederich, from the Old High German ''fridu'' meaning "peace" and ''rîhhi'' meaning "ruler" or "power". It is the common form of Frederick in Norway, Finland ...

Leaders of the Conservative Party (Norway) Ministers of Justice of Norway {{Norway-politician-1860s-stub