Hilmar Meincke Krohg (1 January 1776 – 13 August 1851) was a Norwegian politician and elected official. He served as a representative at the

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Biography

Hilmar Meincke Krohg was born in

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, Norway. He attended the

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and later earned his law degree in 1799 at the

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. He was appointed district governor in

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in 1811. He was subsequently transferred to

Nordre Bergenhus Amt Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the co ...

(now Sogn og Fjordane), but before he could take office, he was appointed to be the County Governor of Romsdals Amt (now Møre og Romsdal), a position he held until 1840. He was a member of the

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in 1814, where he joined the independence party (''Selvstendighetspartiet''). He was also elected to the first session of the

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in 1814. He was later elected in 1824 and 1830, representing the constituency of Romsdals Amt.''Representantene på Eidsvoll 1814'' (Cappelen Damm AS)
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— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)

Personal life

In 1803, he married Cecilia Edel Sophie Stub (1786–1864). They were the parents of nine children.

Honors

Krogh was awarded the Order of the Dannebrog,

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and

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