Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (politician)

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name = Harald Ulrik Sverdrup
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office = Mayor of Balestrand
term_start = 1849
term_end = 1879
office2 = Member of Parliament
term_start2 = 1851
term_end2 = 1870
office3 = Member of Parliament
term_start3 = 1874
term_end3 = 1878
birth_date = 18 February 1813
birth_place = Jarlsberg manor in Vestfold
death_date = 23 April 1891
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nationality = Norwegian
party = Independent
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relations = Johan Sverdrup (brother)
Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Jr. (grandson)
children = Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup,
Johan Edvard Sverdrup,
Georg Sverdrup
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profession = Vicar, entrepreneur
religion = Lutheranism


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Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (18 February 1813 - 23 April 1891) was a Norwegian priest and politician.

He was born at Jarlsberg Manor in Vestfold. His brother Johan Sverdrup would found the Liberal Party and become Prime Minister of Norway in 1884. [http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/1570306.html Harald Ulrik Sverdrup] at the Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) no icon]

He graduated as cand.theol. in 1837, and worked as a senior technical officer ("amanuensis") at the University Library of Oslo from 1837 to 1845. In 1845 he was appointed to a clerical position, that of chaplain in Leikanger. In 1849 the district of Balestrand was separated from Leikanger as an own parish, and Sverdrup became vicar ("sogneprest") of the new parish.b] He published several works, mostly based on Erik Pontoppidan's explanation of the Luther's Small Catechism. [ [http://ask.bibsys.no/ask/action/result?cmd=&kilde=biblio&fid=forfatter&term=Sverdrup%2C+H.U.&op=and&fid=bd&term=&arstall=&sortering=sortdate&treffPrSide=50 List of publications in BIBSYS] ]

As his brother, Harald Ulrik Sverdrup became involved in politics. When Balestrand became a municipality of its own in 1849, Sverdrup became its first mayor. He sat as mayor until 1879. He was among the establishers of the local savings bank in 1847, and of the transport company Nordre Bergenhus Amts Dampskibe (later: Fylkesbaatane i Sogn og Fjordane) with Jan Henrik Nitter Hansen and Michael Aubert in 1858.c]

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1851, representing the constituency of "Nordre Bergenhus Amt". He was re-elected in 1854, 1857, 1859, 1862, 1865 and 1868. [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12876 Harald Ulrik Sverdrup] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ] In 1870 he lost the election due to disagreements with Søren Jaabæk and his supporters,d] but Sverdrup later returned for a final term from 1874.b] Harald Ulrik Sverdrup stepped down as a priest in 1883.e]

When he stepped down, his son Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup stood for election, and won.f] He also became a government minister. [ [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12879 Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ] A daughter of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup married the priest and Nynorsk proponent Eirik Olson Bruhjell. They had met while Sverdrup was the private tutor of Bruhjell. [ [http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/1921421.html Eirik Olson Bruhjell] at the Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) no icon] Another of his sons, Johan Edvard Sverdrup, became a professor of theology and the father of oceanographer and meteorologist Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, Jr.. [ [http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/2449827.html Johan Edvard Sverdrup] at the Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) no icon]

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