Ludvig Daae (24 April 1829 – 1 May 1893) was a Norwegian jurist, landowner and politician for the

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. He was the Norwegian Minister of the Army from 1884 to 1885 on the cabinet of Prime Minister

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Background

Daae was born on the Solnør farm at

Skodje Skodje (''pronunciation'': kɔʏəor køʏə is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre was the village of Skodje. The other main village in the municipality ...

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, Norway. He was a son of captain Ludvig Daae (1792–1879) and Barbara Henrikke Wind (1800–1860), and grandson of the priest Johan Christopher Haar Daae. The Solnør estate had been purchased by his father in 1820. He was a brother of Henrik Wind Daae, and a second cousin of

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and Iver Munthe Daae. In July 1858 he married Anna Christine Schavland (1836–1904), a daughter of dean and politician

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. He was a brother-in-law of

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, Einar Skavlan, Sr., Aage Skavlan and Harald Skavlan.

Career

He attended Heltberg Latin School (''Heltbergs Studentfabrikk'') in Christiania (now Oslo) graduating in 1846 and then studied law until 1850. In 1863, he took over operation the farm. At his father's death in 1879, he took over the rest of the family estate. He served as mayor of

and conciliation commissioner. He was later founder of Skodje and Vatne Sparebank. In 1868, he was appointed sheriff in

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and in 1876 he was the judge in Nordre Sunnmøre. He was elected to the

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representing

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from 1859 to 1860, 1862 to 1863, 1864, 1865-1866, 1868-1869 and 1871-1879. From 1886 to 1888 he was member of Parliament from Aalesund and

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. He died in 1893 at

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and was buried in Skodje.

Selected works

His memoirs and diaries were later published as ''Politiske dagbøker og minner'' (5 volumes; 1934–1971).

References

1829 births 1893 deaths People from Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal politicians Government ministers of Norway Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian jurists Norwegian landowners Norwegian diarists 19th-century diarists Defence ministers of Norway {{Norway-politician-1820s-stub