Christian Magnus Falsen

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Christian Magnus Falsen (14 September 1782 – 13 January 1830) was a Norwegian constitutional father, statesman, jurist, and historian. He was an important member of the constitutional assembly and was one of the writers of the constitutional laws.

Christian Magnus Falsen was born at Christiania. He was the son of Enevold de Falsen (1755–1808), a dramatist and author of a famous war song "Til vaaben". In 1808 he became circuit judge at Follo, and after Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden in 1814 he played an important part in politics. He upheld King Christian Frederick and, after the separation of Norway from Denmark, assisted in drafting a constitution for Norway, which was modeled upon that adopted by France in 1791 and which was approved on 17 May 1814 by the Eidsvold. He was also strongly inspired by Thomas Jefferson and the Constitution of the United States of America. He is often called The Father of the Norwegian Constitution - "Grunnlovens far". In 1822 he was appointed Attorney General of the Kingdom, a post which he held for three years. In 1825 he became bailiff for Bergen, and in 1827 president of the Supreme Court. In 1828 he suffered from a stroke and did not return to the office. Christian Magnus Falsen is buried at Gamlebyen Churchyard. Next to his gravestone is the gravestone of his second wife.

In 1804 he married Anna Birgitte Munch (1787-1810), with whom he had the son Enevold Munch Falsen (1810–80). In 1811, after her death, he married Elisabeth Severine Böckmann (1782-1848). She was the widow of Brede Stoltenberg, a brother of the tradesman Gregers Stoltenberg. With her he had the children Henrik Anton Falsen (1813–66) and Elisabeth Christine Falsen (1820–76).

His principal work is Norges Historie (1823–24), a history of Norway to 1319 AD.

From 1825 to 1827 he was County Governor of Hordaland.^[1]

Publications

Daa, (Biography of C. M. Falsen) (Christiana, 1860)
Vullum, (Biography of C. M. Falsen) (Christiana, 1881)

References

↑ http://www.fylkesmannen.no/enkel.aspx?m=1471

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "^{article name needed}". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

Legal offices
Preceded by Johan Randulf Bull	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway 1827–1830	Succeeded by Jørgen Mandix

County Governors of Hordaland

1815–1825 Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
1825–1827 Christian Magnus Falsen
1829–1834 Georg Jacob Bull
1834–1852 Edvard Hagerup
1852–1859 Jens Schydtz
1859–1875 Paul Meyer Smit
1875–1884 Nicolai Ditlev Ammon Ræder
1884–1907 Justin Gottfried Andreas Hoffmann
1907–1918 Hroar Olsen
1918–1929 Kristian Friis Petersen
1929–1933 Ernst Andreas Johannesen
1934–1949 Gjert Lindebrække
1949–1966 Mons Lid
1966–1984 Lars Leiro
1984–1998 Håkon Randal
19982010 Svein Alsaker
2010– Lars Sponheim

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Name	Falsen, Christian Magnus
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Date of birth	14 September 1782
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Date of death	13 January 1830
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