- Johan Collett Falsen
Johan Collett Falsen (9 September 1817 - 2 September 1879) was a Norwegian jurist and politician.
He graduated as
cand.jur. in 1841. He worked as an attorney ("prokurator") in Nedenes from 1846, and then in Trondhjem. In 1849 he moved toDrammen to work as an attorney there. He became involved in politics, serving asmayor of Drammen from 1853 to 1959 and in 1861. [http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/1598791.html Johan Collett Falsen] at the Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation ) no icon] He was first elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1859, representing the urban constituency of Drammen. [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=10756 Johan Collett Falsen] —Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ]In 1861 he was appointed County Governors of "Nordre Bergenhus amt" (now known as Sogn og Fjordane). [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Norway_counties.html Norwegian Counties] — World Statesmen.org] He first resided at
Lærdalsøyri , but bought a farm inLeikanger in 1862. He thus became the first County Governor to live in Leikanger, where the county administration is located today.b] While stationed here, he was elected to Parliament for two more terms; in 1865 and 1868.b] He left the County Governor position in 1869b] to pursue a career in national politics.c]In February 1870 Falsen was appointed Minister of Justice and the Police. His tenure ended on 29 June the same year; two days later he was appointed to the Council of State Division in
Stockholm . On 1 August 1871 he was reassigned again, this time as Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs. Only two months later, on 1 October, he was appointed Minister of Justice again.c]He held this post until 1 September 1872, when he was appointed Minister of the Interior. He held this position for exactly one year; then he returned to the Council of State Division in Stockholm. Exactly one year after that, he was appointed to his third period as Minister of Justice. He held this post until his death in September 1879, except for a period between 1 August 1877 and 1 August 1878, when he was assigned to the Council of State Division in Stockholm.d]
Falsen was awarded the Order of St. Olav, the Grand Cross of the Swedish
Order of the Polar Star and the Grand Cross of the DanishOrder of the Dannebrog .d]References
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