Herman Løvenskiold (20 June 1869 – 2 February 1927) was a Norwegian military officer and politician for the

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. He reached as far as chairing the

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's Standing Committee on the Military, but died during an important debate.

Personal life

He was born in Christiania as a son of landowner and jurist Herman Løvenskiold (1822–1910) and Mina Heftye (1831–1899). He was a grandson of Frederik Michael Frantz Wilhelm Løvenskiold and grandnephew of

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. Together with Anette Gjertsen (1871–1940) he had the son

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, a notable scientist. His daughter Friede married military officer Erik Qvam, and his granddaughter Inger married art historian

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Career

He finished his secondary education in 1887, and became a military officer in 1890. He was an aspirant in the general staff from 1895, adjoint and Captain from 1900, Major from September 1914 and Lieutenant Colonel from 1 January 1918. At the same time, he was promoted from leading a battalion to being second-in-command of Telemarkens Infantry Regiment 3. He resided in Bamble, and was a member of the executive committee of the

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from 1910 to his death. He also served as mayor from 1919 to 1922. He was elected to the

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from the constituency

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, and was re-elected in

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. In his first term he was a member of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs and the

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. In his second term he was the chairman of the Standing Committee on the Military, and a member of the

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and the Election Committee. On 1 February 1927, while Parliament debated the new organization of the defence forces ( no, Forsvarsordningen av 1927), Løvenskiold got an absence of leave as he had suffered from

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. He died on the next day. He was replaced by Torjus Sølverud. Løvenskiold was admitted into the exclusive skiing-based social club

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in 1887. He served as manager of the club, overlooking its treasury and secretary functions, from 1894 to 1897. He was also a deputy board member of the

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from 1926 to his death.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lovenskiold, Herman 1869 births 1927 deaths Military personnel from Oslo People from Bamble Norwegian Army personnel Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Telemark Members of the Storting

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