Svend Vogt. Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt (10 February 1852 – 4 February 1923) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the

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. He was born in

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as the son of Nils Lorentz Vogt and his wife Karen Johanne Holmboe.Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) His maternal grandfather was

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. He was a grandnephew of

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and

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, and nephew of Jens and Hans Conrad Holmboe. He was named for professor of theology Svend Borchmann Hersleb. He finished his secondary education in Kristianssand in 1869 and graduated as

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in 1873. He worked as a law clerk for the district stipendiary magistrate of

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from 1874, and was hired as a lawyer in 1876. In 1882 he started his own law firm, and gained access to

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cases. He was a presiding judge in

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from 1902, having held the position on a non-permanent basis since 1895. Parallel to this he had worked in the

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. From 1898 to 1923, the year of his death, he chaired this office as

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. He was a member of Kristiania

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for an unknown period. He served as a deputy representative to the

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during the terms 1892–1894 and 1904–1906, representing the constituency of ''Kristiania, Hønefoss og Kongsvinger''. From 1904 to 1905 he met as a regular representative, covering for

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who was Prime Minister. Vogt was also a member of public committees, including a "Commission on treatment of dangerous lunatics". Svend Borchman Hersleb Vogt had several children.Descendants of Svend Borchman Hersleb Vogt
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