Frederik Gottschalck von Haxthausen

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Frederik Gottschalck von Haxthausen (1750-1825) was a Norwegian councillor of government and councillor of state, 1st Ministry (finance and taxes) in 1814, as well as first minister.

Haxthausen was general by prosession and was appointed to be the commander at Akershus fortress in 1806.

During the Swedish campaign against Norway (1814), he was wrongly accused to be a traitor, and on the 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.

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 the Frogner area close to his home was named after Haxthausen.