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Herman, Count Wedel-Jarlsberg
Norwegian statesman
Quick Facts
- Born:
- Sept. 2, 1779, Montpellier, Fr.
- Died:
- Aug. 27, 1840, Christiania, Nor. (aged 60)
- Title / Office:
- governor (1836-1840), Norway
Herman, Count Wedel-Jarlsberg (born Sept. 2, 1779, Montpellier, Fr.—died Aug. 27, 1840, Christiania, Nor.) was a Norwegian patriot and statesman. He was the leading advocate of Norwegian-Swedish union in the last years of the Danish-Norwegian state and the first Norwegian governor (statholder) in the Norwegian-Swedish union (1814–1905). Early in the 19th century, as the Danish-Norwegian state was disintegrating under the strains of the Napoleonic Wars, Wedel-Jarlsberg served with distinction on a special Norwegian commission set up to sustain the nation while it was cut off by the British naval blockade from the vital services and supplies of Denmark. Successfully supplying ...(100 of 260 words)