Hans Hagerup Falbe (7 February 1772 – 17 October 1830) was a Norwegian lawyer, judge and government official. He served as a member of the Norwegian Council of State Department in

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(''Norske statsråder i Stockholm''). Falbe was born in

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, Denmark. He was the son of Councillor of State Johan Christian Falbe (1740–1801) and Anna Cathrine Hagerup de Gyldenpalm (1741–1815). During 1791, he earned a law degree at the

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. From 1799 to 1809, he was a court assessor. Between 1809 and 1815, he was Chief Justice of the Criminal Court in Christiania (now Oslo). During 1814 he participated in the Meeting of Notables at

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(''Stormannsmøtet på Eidsvoll'') which convened in the aftermath of the

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. In 1815 he was appointed district governor in Akershus Amt. Between 1815 and 1822, he was Chief Justice of

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stift (''Akershus stiftsoverrett''). Falbe was an acting member of the Council of State Division in

from 1822–1824 (appointed member 1823), 1825–1826 and 1829–1830,

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1824–1825 and 1828–1829, Minister of the Navy 1826–1827 and Minister of Justice 1827–1828. He died during 1830 and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund in

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1772 births 1830 deaths Lawyers from Copenhagen University of Copenhagen alumni 19th-century Norwegian judges Government ministers of Norway County governors of Norway Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour {{Norway-politician-1770s-stub