- Frederik Gottschalck von Haxthausen
Frederik Gottschalck von Haxthausen (1750 in
Copenhagen ,Denmark – 1825 inChristiania ) was a Norwegian councillor of government and councillor of state, 1st Ministry (finance and taxes) in 1814, as well as first minister.Haxthausen came to Norway in 1779 and became in charge of
Oppland Regiment until 1768 when he was appointedmajor general and given the command of Fredriksten fortress. He became in charge of the Norwegian war academy in 1802. during the years 1803–1810 he stayed inDenmark as head of the war commissariate, but retained nonetheless all of his Norwegian posts and was even promoted togeneral and the commander atAkershus fortress in 1806, a post which he held until 1814. Haxthausen held a major influence over King Christian after the king had arrived in Norway in 1813, and on 2 March 1814 he became Finance Minister in Norway's first government cabinet.During the Swedish campaign against Norway in 1814 he was wrongly accused of being a traitor, and on 19 August, 5 days after the
Convention of Moss , his house and garden was attacked by a mob. Haxthausen had to flee the town and withdrew from all his positions. In 1815 animpeachment process cleared him.After 1814, the Akershus fortress went out of operative military use, so that Haxthausen was the last operative commander of the fortress.
In 1879, a street of
Oslo in theFrogner area close to his home was named after Haxthausen.ources
* "Aschehougs konversasjonsleksikon", Vol. 9, Oslo (1957), H.Aschehoug & co.
* "Oslo byleksikon"
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