Anders Sandøe Ørsted
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- For his nephew of the same name, see Anders Sandøe Ørsted (botanist)
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| In office April 21, 1853 – December 12, 1854 |
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| Preceded by | Christian Albrecht Bluhme |
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| Succeeded by | Peter Georg Bang |
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| Born | December 21, 1778 |
| Died | May 1, 1860 |
Anders Sandøe Ørsted (December 21, 1778 – May 1, 1860) was a Danish politician and jurist. He served as the Prime Minister of Denmark 1853-1854 as leader of the Cabinet of Ørsted.
He is considered one of the most important jurists of 19th Century Danish legal history. He was a pioneer of connecting jurisprudence and practice and both as a judge and as an author he successfully worked on making practice the fundament of legislation. Relatively early he was connected to the state administration and 1825-1848 he was “generalprokurør” (juridical adviser of the government).
His political career was one of paradoxes. As a royal councillor of the absolute monarchy he was rather liberal and tolerant and therefore often unpopular at the more conservative elements. As the opposition grew stronger however he became still more conservative and as prime minister he was considered a full-blood reactionary. His attempt of chartering a very conservative constitution led to a co-operation between the king and the liberals that forced him to resign. Being impeached 1855 of breaking the constitution he was acquitted but retired to private life.
He was the brother of the famous physicist Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851), and uncle of the botanist Anders Sandøe Ørsted (1816-1872).
[edit] References
- Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, vol. 16, 1984.
- Svend Thorsen: De danske ministerier, vol 1., Copenh. 1967.
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| Preceded by Christian Albrecht Bluhme |
Prime Minister of Denmark 21 April 1853 – 12 December 1854 |
Succeeded by Peter Georg Bang |
| Preceded by Peter Georg Bang |
Interior Minister of Denmark 21 April 1853 – 29 April 1854 |
Succeeded by Frederik Ferdinand von Tillisch |
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Moltke • Bluhme • Ørsted • Bang • Andræ • Hall • Rotwitt • Hall • Monrad • Bluhme • Frijs • Holstein-Holsteinborg • Fonnesbech • Estrup • Reedtz-Thott • Hørring • Sehested • Deuntzer • Christensen • Neergaard • Holstein-Ledreborg • Zahle • Berntsen • Zahle • Liebe • Friis • Neergaard • Stauning • Madsen-Mygdal • Stauning • Buhl • Scavenius • Buhl • Kristensen • Hedtoft • Eriksen • Hedtoft • Hansen • Kampmann • Krag • Baunsgaard • Krag • Jørgensen • Hartling • Jørgensen • Schlüter • Nyrup Rasmussen • Fogh Rasmussen |
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