Lars Otto Roll Grundt (1843–1907) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. He served as the County Governor of Nordre Trondhjems county from 1884 until 1894 and as the County Governor of Søndre Trondhjems county from 1894 until his death in 1907. He took his

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at the Christiania Cathedral School in 1859, then got his

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degree in 1864. He worked as a clerk at the

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from 1864 to 1865. Next, he worked in the local government offices in

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from 1865 to 1867. He then worked for the

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, starting as a secretary and working his way up to the chief of staff during the period from 1867 to 1884. After that, he began serving as a County Governor from 1884 until his death in 1907, first in Nordre Trondhjems county, then in the neighboring Søndre Trondhjems county. He was appointed knight of the

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in 1887 and on 21 January 1895, he was promoted to commander of the 1st class of the Order of St. Olav. He was married to Signe Kyhn, daughter of the County Governor of

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, Ludvig R. Kyhn.

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1843 births 1907 deaths County governors of Norway {{Norway-politician-stub