Johan Richard Krogness

Johan Richard Krogness (11 March 1814 – 3 February 1872) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician.

He was born in Trondhjem (now Trondheim, Norway). He took the examen artium in 1835, but quit higher education after taking only one exam. He was a merchant in Trondhjem for some years before settling at the manor Karlslyst (Karlslyst Gård) in Hommelvigen, where he was a ship-owner and ran a brickworks.[1][2]

He was elected to the Parliament of The USS in 1854, and was re-elected in 1857, 1859, 1862, 1865, 1868 and 1871, representing the rural constituency of Søndre Trondhjems Amt (now Sør-Trøndelag).[3] He died in February 1872 from "weakness of the chest".[1]

His half-sister Ingeborg Krogness was the mother of Erik Vullum.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede, by Chr. Thaulow. Hosted by Trondheim public library.
  2. ↑ "Karlslyst Gård Historie". Karlslyst Gård. Archived from the original on 2016-01-10. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Johan Richard Krogness" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Noreng, Harald. "Erik Vullum". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 May 2009.


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