Johan Sverdrup was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party. He was the first prime minister of Norway after the introduction of parliamentarism and served as the 4th prime minister of Norway. Sverdrup was prime minister from 1884 to 1889.
Christian Homann Schweigaard was a Norwegian politician of the Conservative Party. He served as the 3rd prime minister for two months in 1884,a period after the impeachment of his predecessor Christian August Selmer called Schweigaard's Ministerium. Schweigaard held a number of key positions,including Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1889–1891 and 1893–1896,as well as Parliamentary Leader from 1889–1891 and 1894–1895. He was Emil Stang's indispensable partner,leading the Conservative Party's policy and organizational development in the 1880s and 1890s.
Frederik Stang was a Norwegian lawyer,public servant,and politician who served as Norway's 1st prime minister in Christiana.
Peter Nicolai Arbo was a Norwegian historical painter,who specialized in portraits and allegorical scenes from Norwegian history and the Norse mythology. He is most noted for The Wild Hunt of Odin,a dramatic motif based on the Wild Hunt legend and Valkyrie,which depicts a female figure from Norse mythology.
Ulrik Frederik Christian Arneberg was a Norwegian jurist and elected official for the Conservative Party.
Walter Scott Dahl was a Norwegian jurist and member of the Norwegian Parliament with the Liberal Party.
Nils Christian Egede Hertzberg was a Norwegian theologian,educator and politician.
Jens Holmboe was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. A jurist by education,he was a member of the Norwegian Parliament for five terms,and held several different government posts from 1874 to 1884.
Frederik Christian Stoud Platou was a Norwegian legal scholar,Supreme Court justice,district stipendiary magistrate and politician.
Hans Georg Jacob Stang was a Norwegian attorney,official,and politician. He was the Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm from 1888–1889.
Jakob Liv Rosted Sverdrup was a Norwegian bishop and politician. Born into a prominent local family and well-educated,Jakob followed in the footsteps of his father Harald Ulrik Sverdrup and his uncle Johan Sverdrup by pursuing both a theological and political life. He served five terms in the Norwegian Parliament between 1877 and 1898,and was a cabinet member on several occasions. Originally a member of the Liberal Party,he later joined the Moderate Liberal Party,having partially been the cause of the split that formed the Moderate Liberal Party. He has been referred to as "one of the most controversial figures in modern Norwegian history".
Søren Anton Wilhelm Sørenssen was a Norwegian jurist and politician.
Johan Henrich Paasche Thorne was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. He served as mayor of Moss as well as five terms in the Norwegian Parliament,and was Minister of the Interior from 1889 to 1890 and 1893 to 1894.
Niels Petersen Vogt was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. He served as the Norwegian Minister of the Interior five times between 1871 and 1884,and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm four times 1872–1883. He also served as County Governor in three different counties.
Christian Fredrik Michelet was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party.
Tellef Dahll Schweigaard was a Norwegian politician.
Christopher Hansteen was a Norwegian judge. He served as an Associate Justice in the Supreme Court of Norway from 1867 to 1905,an unusually long period,and also spent a few years in politics.
Jon Gundersen Hol was a Norwegian engineer and activist. He is known for his pamphlet Rifleringen,published in February 1884,that resulted in his arrest for lèse majesté. In the pamphlet,he called for soldiers and civilians to arm themselves and encircle the Parliament of Norway Building,creating a "Ring of Rifles",should the need arise. The political situation in Norway at the time was unstable,with an ongoing impeachment case against the conservative government started by political liberals. King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway supported the conservative politicians,and Hol believed that a political and military counter-offensive was planned,hence the need for guarding the Parliament. The tensions between liberals and conservatives drew Hol into politics in the first place in 1880. Before this,he was an engineer by occupation and a writer,albeit apolitical. He increased his writing after 1880,and also involved himself in non-socialist trade unions,including the unsuccessful attempt of establishing a national trade union center in Kristiania.
Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram was a Norwegian jurist and politician,and international arbitrator. He was a Supreme Court Assessor,Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm from 1889 to 1891 and from 1893 to 1898 and County Governor from 1898 to 1915.
The Selmer Cabinet governed Norway between 11 October 1880 and 1 March 1884. It was led by Christian Selmer. All but three of the cabinet's ministers were impeached after a dispute about whether or not the cabinet should be required to meet in the Storting. This decision effectively led to the introduction of parliamentarism in Norway. The impeachment of the Selmer Cabinet was also the last time a Norwegian politician was convicted after being impeached,as Prime Minister Abraham Berge was found not guilty after his 1926 impeachment.
