Carl Otto Løvenskiold

Carl Otto Løvenskiold (23 December 1839 – 1 October 1916) was a Norwegian naval officer, politician and land owner.

He was a Prime Minister in Stockholm in 1884, and a member of the Parliament from 1889 to 1897, representing Akershus and the Conservative Party.[1][2]

The Spitsbergen icecap Løvenskioldfonna and the mountain ridge Carlsfjella is named after him.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Mardal, Magnus A. "Carl Otto Løvenskiold". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Bratberg, Terje. "Carl Otto Løvenskiold". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "Løvenskioldfonna (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Carlsfjella (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
Political offices
Preceded by
Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner		 Prime Minister in Stockholm
April 1884–June 1884 		Succeeded by
Ole Jørgen Richter
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