Emil Stang

Emil Stang MP


5th 6th 8th Prime Minister of Norway
In office 1884–1889
Monarch	Oscar II
Preceded by	Johan Sverdrup, Johannes Steen
Succeeded by	Johannes Steen, George Francis Hagerup

Personal details
Born	Emil Stang 14 June 1834 Christiania
Died	4 July 1912(1912-07-04) (aged 78) Christiania
Nationality	Norwegian
Political party	Conservative Party
Occupation	Politician
Profession	lawyer

Emil Stang (14 June 1834 – 4 July 1912) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He became Prime Minister of Norway and was the first chairman of the Conservative Party.^[1]

Emil Stang was born and died in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway). He was the son of former Prime Minister Frederik Stang. Stang became cand.jur. in 1858 and established his own legal practice in 1861. Starting that year he also took part in the editing of Ugeblad for Lovkyndighed ("Weekly magazine for Law knowledge"). From 1871 to 1907 he was the editor of Norsk Retstidende (the annals of Norwegian courts), except for the years when he was Prime Minister. ^[2]

He was the first chairman of the Conservative Party from 1884–1889, and lead the party again 1891-1893, and again 1896-1899. He was Prime Minister from 1889 to 1891 and from 1893 to 1895. From 1889 to 1891 he was President of the Storting. In 1891 he was appointed judge at Kristiania Stiftsoverrett, however, he never acceded this office. He became presiding judge (lagmann) for Borgarting and Agder regional courts in 1895 and Supreme Court Justice in 1901. He retired in 1904. ^[3]

Personal life

In 1890, Stang was appointed as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav. He was the father of Emil Stang and Fredrik Stang. He died in Christiania.

References

↑ "Emil Stang, Biografier 1905-1945". Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste AS. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
↑ Magnus A. Mardal. "Emil Stang – den eldre". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
↑ Paul Thyness. "Emil Stang – 2, Jurist, Politiker". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 10, 2016.

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Family genealogy

Political offices
Preceded by Wollert Konow, Sivert A. Nielsen, Johannes Steen	President of the Storting 1889–1891	Succeeded by Viggo Ullmann, Sivert A. Nielson
Preceded by Johan Sverdrup	Prime Minister of Norway 1889–1891	Succeeded by Johannes Steen
Preceded by Johannes Steen	Prime Minister of Norway 1893–1895	Succeeded by George Francis Hagerup

Heads of government of Norway
First Ministers, 1814–1873	Haxthausen Rosenkrantz Sommerhielm Collett Krog Vogt Petersen F. Stang
Prime Ministers, 1873–1905	F. Stang Selmer Schweigaard Sverdrup E. Stang Steen E. Stang Hagerup Steen Blehr Hagerup
Prime Ministers, 1905–1940	Michelsen Løvland Knudsen Konow Bratlie Knudsen Halvorsen Blehr Halvorsen Berge Mowinckel Lykke Hornsrud Mowinckel Kolstad Hundseid Mowinckel Nygaardsvold
WWII 1940–1945	Nygaardsvold (Prime Minister in exile, 1940–1945) Quisling (Prime Minister, 1940 coup) Christensen (Chairman of the Administrative Council, 1940) Terboven (German Commissioner for Norway) Quisling (Minister President, 1942–1945)
Prime Ministers, 1945–	Gerhardsen Torp Gerhardsen Lyng Gerhardsen Borten Bratteli Korvald Bratteli Nordli Brundtland Willoch Brundtland Syse Brundtland Jagland Bondevik Stoltenberg Bondevik Stoltenberg Solberg

Conservative Party
Leaders	Stang (1884–89, 91–93, 96–99) Schweigaard (1889–91, 93–96) Hagerup (1899–1902) Skattebøl (1902–05) Harbitz (1905–07) Stang (1907–11) Bratlie (1911–19) Halvorsen (1919–23) Lykke (1923–26) Hambro (1926–34, 50–54) Andresen (1934–37) Bærøe (1937–40) Nordlie (1945–50) Kjøs (1954–62) Lindbrække (1962–70) Willoch (1970–74) Norvik (1974–80, 84–86) Benkow (1980–84) Presthus (1986–88) Five (1988, 91–94) Syse (1988–91) Petersen (1994–2004) Solberg (2004-)
Cabinets	Stang I Stang II Hagerup I Hagerup II Michelsen Konow Lykke Bratlie Bahr Halvorsen I Bahr Halvorsen II Berge Lykke Gerhardsen I Lyng Borten Willoch I Willoch II Syse Bondevik II Solberg
Related	Conservative Press Association Conservative Students' Association Young Conservatives

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