Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull

Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull in 1899.

Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (13 September 1817 – 15 April 1907) was a Norwegian politician. He served as acting Minister of the Army in 1875 (twice), 1881 and 1884. He also served as mayor of Oslo in 1877 and 1878.

Personal life

He was born in 1817[1] as a son of Georg Jacob Bull and Barbara Albertine Ørsted. His mother is sister of Hans Christian Ørsted and Anders Sandøe Ørsted. He was a grandson of Chief Justice Johan Randulf Bull, a grandnephew of Johan Lausen Bull and an uncle of chief physician Edvard Isak Hambro Bull.[2]

Together with Caroline Elisabeth Dahl he had the son Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull.[3]

Career

In 1875 he was acting Minister of the Army from 26 May to 4 June, and from 6 July to 20 July. He was also acting Minister of the Army from 16 September to 25 September 1881, and from 19 March to 2 April 1884.[1] He was also the Mayor of Oslo in 1877 and 1878.[4]

Anders Bull died in 1906.[1] His son would grow up to become Minister of Defence from 1910 to 1912.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  2. Bratberg, Terje (2007). "Den trønderske slekten Bull". In Henriksen, Petter. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Carl Sigwald Johannes Bull" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 20 November 2009.
  4. "Tidligere ordførere" (in Norwegian). Oslo municipality. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
Political offices
Preceded by
Christian Selmer
Norwegian Minister of the Army (acting)
May 1875–June 1875
Succeeded by
Christian Selmer
Preceded by
Christian Selmer
Norwegian Minister of the Army (acting)
July 1875
Succeeded by
Lorentz Henrik Müller Segelcke
Preceded by
Otto Joachim Løvenskiold
Mayor of Oslo
18771878
Succeeded by
Christian Homann Schweigaard
Preceded by
Adolph Frederik Munthe
Norwegian Minister of the Army (acting)
September 1881
Succeeded by
Adolph Frederik Munthe
Preceded by
Adolph Frederik Munthe
Norwegian Minister of the Army (acting)
March 1884–April 1884
Succeeded by
Lars Christian Dahll