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Georg Christian Sibbern (29 March 1816 – 4 October 1901) was a Norwegian diplomat who served as the

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Background

He was born at

Rygge Rygge was a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It was merged into Moss, Norway, Moss municipality on January 1, 2020. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rygge. Ryg ...

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. He was the son of Valentin Sibbern (1779–1853) and Anne Cathrine de Stockfleth (1785–1865) and a brother of

Alette Due Alethe "Alette" Wilhelmine Georgine Due, née ''Sibbern'' (28 February 1812, Værne Kloster – 7 May 1887, Oslo), was a Norwegian singer, composer and courtier. She was an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, and served as Ove ...

and Carl Sibbern. His father was a Norwegian government minister and was a representative at the

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. He grow up at the family estate at

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. He attended the

Oslo Cathedral School Schola Osloensis, known in Norwegian as Oslo Katedralskole (''Oslo Cathedral School'') and more commonly as "Katta",examen artium Examen artium was the name of the academic certification conferred in Denmark and Norway, qualifying the student for admission to university studies. Examen artium was originally introduced as the entrance exam of the University of Copenhagen in 1 ...

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(now University of Oslo) in 1837.

Career

From 1838 he worked as an agent by the Norwegian Minister Department in Stockholm and from 1840 was employed in the foreign service. He worked in

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(1842–1843),

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(1845-1847),

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(1847–1848), London (1848–1850) and

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(1850–1856). In April 1858, Sibbern was appointed Swedish-Norwegian ambassador in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya ( Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

. He served as Norwegian Prime Minister from 16 December 1858 – 30 November 1861 and 17 December 1861 – 1 November 1871. He later was ambassador in

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(1878–1884).

Personal life

On 20 November 1852, he married Maria Soane. He was the brother-in-law of Frederik Due.

References

1816 births 1901 deaths Government ministers of Norway 19th-century Norwegian politicians University of Oslo alumni People educated at Oslo Cathedral School Ambassadors of Sweden to the United States Ambassadors of Sweden to Turkey Ambassadors of Sweden to France People from Rygge {{Norway-politician-1810s-stub