Sweden and Norway or Sweden–Norway,officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway,and known as the United Kingdoms,was a personal union of the separate kingdoms of Sweden and Norway under a common monarch and common foreign policy that lasted from 1814 until its peaceful dissolution in 1905.
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.
Jørgen Herman Vogt was a Norwegian politician who served as First Minister of Norway from 1856 to 1858,during the personal union between Sweden and Norway. The first minister was subordinated to the governor and the viceroy in the political hierarchy,but for two periods when no governor or viceroy was present,he served as a de facto prime minister of Norway.
The governor-general of Norway,was the appointed head of the Norwegian Government in the absence of the monarch.
Severin Løvenskiold was a Norwegian nobleman,politician and the prime minister of Norway.
Christian Birch-Reichenwald was a Norwegian jurist and politician who served as mayor of Oslo,Norway.
Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen Due was a Norwegian military officer and statesman. Born in Trondheim,he entered the military at an early age,and took part in the Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814. After the two countries entered into union,Due was recruited to the Swedish court,where he was appointed Norwegian state secretary in Stockholm in 1823. In 1841 he became the Norwegian prime minister,and acted as interpreter for Charles XIV John. After resigning in 1858,he spent the years until 1871 as an ambassador to Vienna and Munich.
Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner was a Norwegian naval officer and politician.
Poul Christian Holst was a Norwegian government official who held several positions in the period 1814–1848. Holst led negotiations over debt with Denmark in 1817,after the dissolution of the union between the two countries in 1814.
Erik Røring Møinichen was a Norwegian politician.
Ole Anton Qvam was a Norwegian lawyer and Liberal politician,who was the Norwegian minister of Justice 1891–1893,1898–1899 and 1900–1902,minister of the Interior 1899–1900,as well as head of the ministry of Auditing,ministry of Agriculture and ministry of Justice in 1900,and Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm 1902–1903.
Georg Christian Sibbern was a Norwegian diplomat who served as the prime minister of Norway.
Hans Georg Jacob Stang was a Norwegian attorney,official,and politician. He was the Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm from 1888–1889.
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.
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.
Carl Otto Løvenskiold was a Norwegian naval officer,business executive and land owner. He served as the Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm during 1884. By birth he is member of Løvenskiold noble family.
Nils Vogt was a Norwegian journalist and newspaper editor. Born into a family of politicians and civil servants,he became the first chairman of the Norwegian Press Association and the Conservative Press Association. Vogt worked at the conservative newspaper Morgenbladet for 45 years,acting as editor-in-chief from 1894 to 1913. He wrote numerous articles during his lifetime,advocating independence from Sweden and the Riksmål standard of written Norwegian.
Collett is a Norwegian family of English origin,descended from English-born merchant James Collett,who settled in Christiania in 1683. He married Karen Leuch,and died as the richest man in the city. The firm he founded,Collett &Leuch,later renamed Collett &Søn,was continued for four generations until 1821. The family became part of the patriciate of Christiania in the 18th century. His descendants continued to play important roles in Norwegian history and owned several properties,such as Buskerud Manor,Store Ullevål Manor,Flateby,Økern Manor and Firma Albert Collett. One of the most well-known family members are statesman and First Minister Jonas Collett.
