Hans Hein Theodor Nysom (5 September 1845 – 28 August 1903) was a

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politician with the

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, a cabinet minister and member of

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. Nysom was born at

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, Norway. He was a grandchild of priest and politician Hans Hein Nysom. He originally made a career in the military, but from 1874 he worked with

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s and

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s. From 1884 to 1892 he was the chairman of the

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. In 1891, he was appointed to the cabinet of Prime Minister Johannes Steens. He served as

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and

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on 6 March 1891. On 27 November the same year he left the position as Minister of Auditing. He left the Ministry of Labour on 1 May 1893. He was elected to the

in 1895, representing the constituency of

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. He was re-elected in 1898.Hans Hein Theodor Nysom
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) On 17 February 1898 he became a member of the Council of State Division in

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(''Statsrådsavdelingen i Stockholm''). He left on 28 February 1899 to become Minister of Labour. On 1 June 1900 he was again transferred to Stockholm, serving until November 1900. He then became Director-General of the

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Selected works

* ''Handbog i norsk flødningsvæsen'', with Axel Borchrevink and Gunnar Sætren.

References

1845 births 1903 deaths Government ministers of Norway Members of the Storting Liberal Party (Norway) politicians People from Vestfold {{Norway-politician-1840s-stub