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Ole Richter

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Ole Richter
Ole Richter during his premiership.
Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm
In office
26 June 1884 – 6 June 1888
MonarchOscar II
Prime MinisterJohan Sverdrup
Preceded byCarl Otto Løvenskiold
Succeeded byHans Georg Jacob Stang
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 January 1877 – 31 December 1879
ConstituencyTrondhjem og Levanger
In office
1 January 1862 – 31 December 1876
ConstituencyNordre Trondhjems amt
Personal details
Born(1829-05-23)23 May 1829
Inderøya, Norway
Died15 June 1888(1888-06-15) (aged 59)
Stockholm, Sweden
Cause of deathSuicide
Resting placeRostad farm
Political partyLiberal Party
SpouseCharlotte Wakeford Attree
Parents
  • Jørgen Richter (father)
  • Massi Richter (née Rostad) (mother)
Alma materRoyal Frederick University
OccupationPolitician, jurist and diplomat

Ole Jørgensen Richter (23 May 1829 – 15 June 1888) was a Norwegian lawyer, politician, parliamentarian, and the prime minister of the Norwegian Government in Stockholm.

Early life and education

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Son of Jørgen and Massi Richter, Ole was born and grew up on the farm Rostad in Inderøya, Nord-Trøndelag. The farm was one of the biggest in the community and had belonged to his mother's family for generations.[1] His father belonged to the family Richter which originated in Saxony. His great-grandfather had come to Norway as a specialist in mining. He married a Norwegian farmer daughter and the family was subsequently involved in farming as well as other businesses. Jørgen Richter ran Rostad farm, had a small brickyard, and did some fishing and boatbuilding.[2] He was involved in local politics and had interest in national politics as well.[3] Both of his parents were religious.[3]

Ole, who was number four of eight children,[2] was educated at home.[4] At the age of 15 in 1845, he moved to live with an uncle in Orkdal Municipality. His uncle was a district magistrate (Norwegian: sorenskriver).[3] He worked at the office and got some education. In 1846, he went to Christiania to take a preliminary exam at the University of Oslo.[5] This was for students who had not studied Greek or Latin. The preliminary exam gave the opportunity to take a lower degree in law which he did in 1847. Feeling that the lower degree would not provide him with adequate career opportunities, he chose the same year to accept an offer by an uncle in Denmark to come and live in order to study to an ordinary examen artium.[6] After two years in Denmark, he passed the examen artium at the University of Oslo in 1849.[7] He subsequently got a cand.jur. degree at the University of Oslo.[7]

Political career and death

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Richter was elected to the Storting for the Liberal Party where he became the first Prime Minister in Stockholm after parliamentarianism was introduced, as part of Cabinet Sverdrup in 1884. He was granted royal permission for a family graveyard on his farm Rostad, where he and his family are buried. He committed suicide in 16 June 1888 by shooting himself in his Prime Ministerial office in Stockholm.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Fuglum (1957), p. 2
  2. ^ a b Fuglum (1957), p. 6
  3. ^ a b c Fuglum (1957), pp. 3-4
  4. ^ Fuglum (1957), p.7
  5. ^ Fuglum (1957), p. 13
  6. ^ Fuglum (1957), p. 19
  7. ^ a b Fuglum (nbl)
  8. ^ "Suicide d'un ministre". Le Rappel (in French). Paris. 16 June 1888.

Sources

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  • Fuglum, Per. "Ole Richter". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  • Fuglum, Per (1957). Ole Richter : ungdom og stortingsvirke. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget Press.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Theodor Willerding
 Consul General of Sweden-Norway in London
1878–1884 		Succeeded by
Magnus Björnstjerna
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