Johan SVERDRUP: Geneastory

Generation: 1

Johan SVERDRUP was born on 30 Jul 1816 in Jarlsberg Sems, Vestfold, Norway; died on 17 Feb 1892 in Oslo, Norway.

Other Events and Attributes:

Occupation: Lawyer, Norwegian Prime Minister

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Johan Sverdrup

Born: 30-Jul-1816
Birthplace: Jarlsberg, Norway
Died: 17-Feb-1892
Location of death: Oslo, Norway
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Head of State
Nationality: Norway
Executive summary: Norwegian Prime Minister, 1884–89
Norwegian statesman, born at Jarlsberg on the 30th of July 1816. His father, Jakob Sverdrup, was a land steward, and the founder of the first school of agriculture in Norway. Johan entered the Storting in 1850, sitting first for Laurvik, and then for the district of Akershus, and was its president from 1871 to 1884, during the whole of the dispute over the prerogative of the Crown. He built up a strong political party, which, relying for support chiefly on the Norwegian peasantry, was determined to secure strict constitutional government and practically to destroy the power of the king. Under his leadership the opposition, in 1872, secured the passing of a bill for the admission of the ministers to the Storting, which was a step to the establishment of the dependence of the cabinet on a majority in that assembly. King Charles XV refused his sanction to this bill, and on its third passing in 1880 Oscar II opposed his veto, at the same time claiming his right to the absolute veto. Sverdrup then proposed the proclamation of the law in defiance of the king's action. The retirement of Frederik Stang removed Sverdrup's chief political opponent from the field. He was aided in his campaign by Björnstjerne Björnson, and after a series of political crises he became prime minister in June 1884. But when he became prime minister he soon found himself at issue with Björnson on church matters. Inspired chiefly by his nephew Johan he secured the refusal of a pension to the novelist Kielland because of his anti-clerical views, and he further wished to give the parish councils the right to strike off the voting list persons who had broken away from church discipline. Therefore, although during his term of office no fewer than eighty-nine measures, many of them involving useful reforms, became law, he failed to satisfy the extremists among his supporters, and was driven to rely on the moderate Liberals. He was compelled to retire in 1889, and died on the 17th of February 1892 at Christiania (now Oslo.)

Johan married Caroline Louise Gundelle SØRENSEN on 14 Oct 1844 in Brunlanes, Vestfold, Norway. Caroline was born on 18 Oct 1819 in Copenhagen, Denmark; died on 18 Jan 1883 in Nordal, Østre Aker, Oslo, Akershus, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Margrethe Petronelle SVERDRUP was born on 26 Jul 1845 in Larvik, Vestfold, Norway; died on 2 Sep 1908 in Oslo, Norway.
3. Jacob Liv Borch SVERDRUP was born on 25 Sep 1850 in Larvik, Vestfold, Norway; died on 20 Jul 1910 in Oslo, Norway.
4. Georg SVERDRUP was born on 7 Jan 1852 in Larvik, Vestfold, Norway; died on 15 Jul 1904 in Kragerø, Telemark, Norway.
5. Anton Edvard SVERDRUP was born on 3 Jul 1862 in Vestre Aker, Oslo, Norway; died on 6 Jan 1917 in Oslo, Norway.

Generation: 2

2.	Margrethe Petronelle SVERDRUP (1.Johan¹) was born on 26 Jul 1845 in Larvik, Vestfold, Norway; died on 2 Sep 1908 in Oslo, Norway. Notes: She had 5 children with Knud Carl August Holt in Oslo between 1872 and 1884.

3. Jacob Liv Borch SVERDRUP (1.Johan¹) was born on 25 Sep 1850 in Larvik, Vestfold, Norway; died on 20 Jul 1910 in Oslo, Norway.
4. Georg SVERDRUP (1.Johan¹) was born on 7 Jan 1852 in Larvik, Vestfold, Norway; died on 15 Jul 1904 in Kragerø, Telemark, Norway.
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5.	Anton Edvard SVERDRUP (1.Johan¹) was born on 3 Jul 1862 in Vestre Aker, Oslo, Norway; died on 6 Jan 1917 in Oslo, Norway. Family/Spouse: Karoline Josephine SVERDRUP. Karoline was born in 1865 in Kragerø, Telemark, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]