Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz (25 January 176211 May 1838) was a Norwegian Government Minister and Member of Parliament.

Biography

Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz was born at Vigvoll,

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near

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, Norway. His father, Otto Christian Rosenkrantz (1727–1785), was a Danish career military officer in various Dano-Norwegian regiments who served as commander of Vardøhus Fortress. He attended the Royal Military mathematical school in Christiania (now Oslo) from 1776 to 1780. In 1781, a became student at the

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where he earned his law degree in 1784. He worked for several years as an assessor for ''Overhoffretten'', the highest court in Norway and later the County Court in Christiania. In 1786, he bought Lerbaek Hovedgard manor at Frederikshavn with assets inherited from a distant relative, and moved there in 1790. In 1796 he married Maren Juel, by which he became a sizable landowner. After the death of her husband, Peder Holter (1723–1786), Maren Juel owned and managed a number of properties including Losby in

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as well as the estates

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and Borregaard in

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and the Ljan Estate (''Ljansbruket'') which included Stubljan in

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and

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. In time, they became one of the largest sawmill owners and timber exporters in the country. Rosenkrantz was among those who met at Eidsvold in 1814, to discuss the future of Norway in the aftermath of the

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. He became

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during the period 1814–1815. He was elected as a Member of the

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representing Smaalenenes Amt (now Østfold) from 1818 to 1820 and from 1824 to 1827. During 1827–29, he represented Fredrikshald.''Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz'' (Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig)
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Honors

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* Serafimerordenen * Nordstjärneorden

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