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Frederik Stang

Norwegian politician
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Born:
March 4, 1808, Stokke, Norway
Died:
June 8, 1884, Vestre Baerum (aged 76)
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Frederik Stang (born March 4, 1808, Stokke, Norway—died June 8, 1884, Vestre Baerum) was a politician who was an early advocate of Norway’s transition to a capitalist economy. He was also the first minister of state for Norway in the Swedish-Norwegian union. As a university law professor in the 1830s, Stang was an early advocate of economic liberalism in the agricultural, largely state-directed economy of Norway. Appointed minister of the newly formed department of the interior in 1845, he devoted himself to transforming the Norwegian economic system. In collaboration with A.M. Schweigaard, a member of parliament, Stang championed measures that ...(100 of 207 words)

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