Niels Stockfleth Schultz (14 March 1780 – 30 May 1832) was a

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cleric, author and politician.

Biography

Niels Stockfleth Schultz was born in

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and grew up in nearby

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. His father, Ole Schultz (1737–97) was a parish priest. His mother, Anne Kirstine Stockfleth, died when he was five years old and his father when he was 17. He was a pupil at the Cathedral School in Christiania, (now Oslo). He came to the attention of

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who arranged for

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to pay for his education. He graduated in theology at

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during 1802. In 1807 he published a textbook on the English language and later an English grammar. He also wrote a Danish-Norwegian language text and a Biblical text. In 1809, he was appointed resident chaplain at

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, an office he held until his death. Schultz was first elected to represent

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at the

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in 1814. He continued to attend parliamentary assemblies (except in 1821) until 1830. In 1827, he served as President of the Parliament. Schultz was a member of

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from 1811, serving as

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from 1813-1815;

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from 1829–1832.''Biografier 1905-1945, Niels Stockfleth Schultz'' (Stortingsaktivitet)
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Selected works

*''Praktisk Engelsk Sproglære'', 1807 *''Prædikener'', 1823 *''Engelsk Grammatik'', 1826 *''Kortfattet Norsk Sproglære'', 1826

References

1780 births 1832 deaths People from Buskerud People from Krødsherad Presidents of the Storting Norwegian priest-politicians Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters University of Copenhagen alumni {{Norway-reli-bio-stub