Jens Bratlie

Jens Bratlie
5th Prime Minister of Norway
In office
20 February 1912 – 31 January 1913
Monarch Haakon VII
Preceded by Wollert Konow
Succeeded by Gunnar Knudsen
President of the Storting
In office
1910 – 1912
Served with Magnus Halvorsen and Wollert Konow
Preceded by Edvard A. Liljedahl
Gunnar Knudsen
Carl Berner
Succeeded by Jørgen Løvland
Søren Tobias Årstad
Gunnar Knudsen
Minister of Defence
In office
20 February 1912 – 31 January 1913
Prime Minister Himself
Preceded by Karl Bull
Succeeded by Hans Vilhelm Keilhau
Minister of Finance
In office
20 February 1912 – 31 January 1913
Prime Minister Himself
Preceded by Wollert Konow
Succeeded by Gunnar Knudsen
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 January 1901 – 31 December 1912
Constituency Uranienborg
In office
1 January 1916 – 31 December 1918
Constituency Uranienborg
Personal details
Born 17 January 1856
Nordre Land, Norway
Died 15 September 1939(1939-09-15) (aged 83)
Oslo, Norway
Resting place Vår Frelsers Gravlund
Political party Conservative Party
Other political
affiliations		 National Legion
Residence Utøya
Alma mater The Royal Frederick University
Awards Order of St. Olav
Order of Vasa
Order of the Dannebrog
Order of the Sword
Military service
Allegiance  Norway
Service/branch Norwegian Army
Years of service 1873 – 1929
Rank Major General

Jens Kristian Meinich Bratlie (17 January 1856 – 15 September 1939) was a Norwegian attorney and military officer. He served as an elected official representing the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 1912 to 1913.[1][2]

Biography

Jens Bratlie was born at Nordre Land in Oppland, Norway. Bratlie came from a family of leading businessmen and civil servant. He was the son of Erik Bratlie (1814-1890) and wife Bolette Sofie Meinich (1821-1870). Following the death of his mother, he was adopted by the industrialist Jørgen Meinich.[3]

Bratlie graduated from the Military High School in 1880 and was trained as an army officer (eventually rising to the level of Major General). He also earned a law degree allowing him to work as a high-ranking civil servant (1886). He served several years as expedition secretary in the Department of Defense. He became Captain (1893), General Commission Commissioner (1898) and General Attorney for the Armenian Judiciary from 1906.[4]

Bratlie held several offices such as leader of the Conservative Party (1910–11) and president of the Storting (1910–12). He was in the Storting representing Kristiania (now Oslo) 1900-12 and 1916-18. He served as Norwegian Minister of Defence and Minister of Auditing from 1912-1913.[5] [6]

In the 1927 Norwegian parliamentary election he was the fourth ballot candidate for the party National Legion, behind Karl Meyer, Frøis Frøisland and Thorvald Aadahl.[7] In a press release, the National Legion (led by Meyer) stated that it had cherry picked "strong" personalities to combat the hardships in Norwegian politics.[8] Frøisland denounced the ballot in an Aftenposten piece, stating that himself, Aadahl and Bratlie was unwilling and unaware of the nomination. He stated that a vote for the National Legion would be a wasted vote in the struggle against the "communists". However, according to Norwegian election law the people who were listed on the ballot had no legal grounds to avoid being nominated.[9]

He served as chairman of the Conservative Party from 1911-1919. Following his death in 1939, his interment was at Vår Frelsers gravlund.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jens Bratlie, Prime Minister 1912 - 1913 - Government.no
  2. ↑ "Jens Bratlie's Government. 20 February 1912 - 31 January 1913". Government.no. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ Øyvind Haugen. "Jørgen Meinich". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ Gunnar Christie Wasberg. "Jens Bratlie". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Norwegian Ministry of Defence". Government.no. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Norwegian Ministry of Auditing". Government.no. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. VIII. 69. Stortingsvalget 1927" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  8. ↑ "Den Nationale Legions nye valgliste for Oslo". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 23 September 1927. p. 1.
  9. ↑ "Den Nationale Legions liste". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 24 September 1927. p. 4.
  10. ↑ "Vår Frelsers gravlund". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
Political offices
Preceded by
Wollert Konow		 Prime Minister of Norway
1912–1913		 Succeeded by
Gunnar Knudsen


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