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Andreas Arntzen
Norwegian politician (1777–1837) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Andreas Arntzen (18 February 1777 – 14 December 1837) was a Norwegian politician.
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He was born in Grue, and graduated as cand.jur. in Copenhagen in 1802. He then worked as an attorney, chief of police of Christiania, Supreme Court judge and even a timber merchant.[1]
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1814, 1818 and 1821, representing the constituency of Christiania.[1] During the 1821 term he was President of the Storting, together with Ingelbrecht Knudssøn, Carsten Tank, Christian M. Falsen and Valentin Sibbern.[2]
On 1 December 1836 Arntzen was appointed Minister of Church Affairs and Education. He left on 1 June 1837, but returned a month later to become Minister of Justice and the Police.[1] He died before the end of the year.
Andreas Arntzen was the father of jurist Carl Arntzen (1801–1877) and County Governor Karelius August Arntzen (1802–1875).