Sivert Christensen Strøm
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Sivert Christensen Strøm (August 9, 1819 – 13 November 1902) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He was born at
Øyestad Øyestad is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1992 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of Arendal which is now located in Agder county. At the time of its di ...
(now
Arendal Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...
) in
Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . The ...
to captain Christen Nielsen Strøm. He graduated as
cand.jur. Candidate of Law (Latin: ''candidatus/candidata juris/iuris'') is both a graduate law degree awarded to law students in the Nordic region as well as an academic status designation for advanced Law School students in German-speaking countries. ...
in 1845. He first worked as attorney, and was then promoted to stipendiary magistrate (''sorenskriver'') in the district of Nordre Østerdalen in 1859. ''Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede''
by Chr. Thaulow. Hosted by Trondheim public library.
He became involved in politics, and was elected to the
Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years base ...
in 1859, 1862 and 1865, representing the constituency of Hedemarkens Amt (now Hedmark). During the last term he was also mayor of his local municipality.Sivert Christensen Strøm
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
In 1867 he succeeded
Michael Aubert Michael Conrad Sophus Emil Aubert (2 July 1811 – 8 November 1872) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. Biography Aubert was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was one of ten children born to Benoni Aubert (1768–1832) and Jakobine ...
as
burgomaster Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister, literally "master of the town, master of the borough, master of the fortress, master of the citizens") is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief m ...
of
Trondhjem Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...
(now Trondheim). While serving in Trondhjem he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1871 and 1877. He was also a director in the
Bank of Norway Norges Bank / Noregs Bank is the central bank of Norway. The bank shall promote economic stability in Norway. Norges Bank also manages the Government Pension Fund of Norway and the bank’s own foreign exchange reserves. History The history of ...
in 1871. Strøm married twice, and had several children.


References

1819 births 1902 deaths People from Aust-Agder Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Hedmark Politicians from Trondheim Norwegian jurists {{Norway-politician-1810s-stub