Andreas Arntzen (18 February 1777 – 14 December 1837) was a

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politician. He was born in Grue, and graduated as cand.jur. in Copenhagen in 1802. He then worked as an attorney, chief of police of Christiania, Supreme Court judge and even a timber merchant.Andreas Arntzen
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He was elected to the

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in 1814, 1818 and 1821, representing the constituency of Christiania. During the 1821 term he was

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, together with Ingelbrecht Knudssøn, Carsten Tank, Christian M. Falsen and Valentin Sibbern.Presidents of the Storting
On 1 December 1836 Arntzen was appointed Minister of Church Affairs and Education. He left on 1 June 1837, but returned a month later to become

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. He died before the end of the year. Andreas Arntzen was the father of jurist Carl Arntzen (1801–1877) and County Governor Karelius August Arntzen (1802–1875).

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