Ferdinand Nicolai Roll was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 jurist and politician for the Conservative Party

Conservative Party of Norway

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He was born in Trondhjem as the son of judge and politician Jacob Roll

Jacob Roll (born 1783)

Jacob Roll was a Norwegian judge and politician.He was born in Spydeberg. He was the Chief Justice of Trondhjem Diocesal Court from 1828 to 1855. He was also the first Mayor of Trondhjem. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1833, 1836 and 1842, representing his city...

 and his third wife Nicoline Selmer. He had three siblings. Like his father, he took a law education, enrolling as a student in 1847 and graduating as cand.jur. in 1852.

In 1870 he was appointed district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) in Romsdalens Amt

Romsdal

Romsdal is the name of a traditional district in the Norwegian county Møre og Romsdal, located between Nordmøre and Sunnmøre. The district of Romsdal comprises Aukra, Fræna, Midsund, Molde, Nesset, Rauma, Sandøy, and Vestnes. It is named for the valley of Romsdalen, which covers part of Rauma.The...

. He resided in Molde

Molde

is a city and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The municipality is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord...

. While stationed here, he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1877, representing the constituency of Aalesund og Molde. He was re-elected in 1880 and 1883.

When the first cabinet Stang

First cabinet Stang

The Stang's First Cabinet governed Norway between 13 July 1889 and 6 March 1891. It was led by Emil Stang and is one of two Conservative Party-only cabinets ever in Norway, the other being Willoch's First Cabinet from 1981 to 1983. It had the following composition:-Cabinet members:-State...

 assumed office in 1889, Roll was brought in as a part of the executive branch of government. He was appointed Minister of Justice and the Police

Minister of Justice and the Police (Norway)

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 on 13 July. He left on 30 June 1890 to become a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm

Stockholm

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 the next day, leaving that position on 5 March 1891.

In 1892 he was elected for a final term in Parliament. He was also appointed Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Norway

The Supreme Court of Norway was established in 1815 on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary. It is located in Oslo and is Norway's highest court...

 Assessor

Assessor (law)

In some jurisdictions, an assessor is a judge's or magistrate's assistant. This is in fact the historical meaning of this word.-By country:In Denmark, it was the former title given to Supreme Court judges. Today the title is given to Deputy Judges...

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