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Johan Sverdrup

prime minister of Norway
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Born:
July 30, 1816, Jarlsberg, Nor.
Died:
Feb. 17, 1892, Kristiania [now Oslo] (aged 75)

Johan Sverdrup (born July 30, 1816, Jarlsberg, Nor.—died Feb. 17, 1892, Kristiania [now Oslo]) was a Norwegian statesman, prime minister (1884–89) of Norway in the first ministry of the Venstre (Left, or Liberal) Party. His appointment to that post followed his victory in obtaining ministerial representation in the Storting (parliament). Sverdrup was educated as a lawyer and entered the Storting in 1851. He became leader of an opposition group of city liberals in that body. He was president of the Odelsting (lower division of the parliament) from 1862 to 1869 and was president of the Storting from 1871 to 1884. ...(100 of 220 words)

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