Karelius August Arntzen

Karelius August Arntzen (10 November 1802 - 1876) was a Norwegian politician.

He was born in Copenhagen, [http://www.tfb.no/db/personalhistorie/3_7_20070219_124035.pdf "Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede"] , by Chr. Thaulow. Hosted by Trondheim public library.] where his father Andreas Arntzen took his jurist education. He moved to his father's home country Norway in 1821, and graduated as cand.jur. in 1827. He then worked as a civil servant for some time.b]

He was later County Governor of "Søndre Trondhjems Amt" (today named Sør-Trøndelag) from 1840 to 1857, and of "Christiania" (Oslo) from 1857 to 1874. [cite web | url = http://www.rulers.org/norwcoun.html | title = Counties | publisher = Rulers.org | accessdate = 2007-09-22] He died in 1876.c]

He was appointed acting councillor of state in the interim government which was founded during King Carl XV's illness in 1861, but did not actually assume office. [cite web | url = http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/Previous-governments/The-Structure-of-the-Registry/Governments/Dissolution-of-the-Danish-Norwegian-real/Governments-1814---1905.html?id=437998&epslanguage=EN-GB#Interim%201861 | title = Norwegian members of the Interim government, 12 - 25 august 1861 during King Carl XV's illness | publisher = Government.no | accessdate = 2007-09-22]

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