Carl Frederik Motzfeldt
Carl Frederik Motzfeldt | |
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| Governor of Søndre Trondhjems amt | |
| In office 1857–1894 | |
| Preceded by | Karelius August Arntzen |
| Succeeded by | Lars Otto Roll Grundt |
| Governor of Finnmarkens amt | |
| In office 1854–1857 | |
| Preceded by | Anton Theodor Harris |
| Succeeded by | Mathias B. K. Nannestad |
| Governor of Tromsø amt | |
| In office 1854–1857 | |
| Preceded by | Anton Theodor Harris |
| Succeeded by | Mathias B. K. Nannestad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 April 1808 Rygge, Norway |
| Died | 24 June 1902 (aged 94) Trondhjem, Norway |
| Citizenship | Norway |
| Profession | Politician |
Carl Frederik Motzfeldt (3 April 1808 – 24 June 1902) was a Norwegian politician.
The son of General Major Carl M. Motzfeldt, he enrolled as a student in 1827 and graduated as cand.jur. in 1838. He was editor-in-chief of Den Constitutionelle from 1841 to 1842. He mostly worked in the Ministry of Auditing until 1854, when he was appointed County Governor of both Finmarkens Amt and Tromsø Amt.[1]
In 1857 he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1848, representing the urban constituency of Tromsø, Hammerfest og Vadsø, as the County Governor was seated in Tromsø.[2] However, he left Northern Norway the same year to become County Governor of Søndre Trondhjems Amt.[1] Seated in Trondhjem, he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the constituency of Trondhjem og Levanger in 1868, 1871 and 1874.[2]
He was issued the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav.[1] He retired in 1894, and died in 1902, cause of death is unknown.
References
- ^ a b c Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede, by Chr. Thaulow. Hosted by Trondheim public library.
- ^ a b Carl Frederik Motzfeldt — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
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