Herman Carsten Johannes Scheel (1859–1956) was a Norwegian

Norway

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 judge and politician for the Conservative Party

Conservative Party of Norway

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He was born in Hamar

Hamar

is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849...

, and was a painter of Signe Scheel. He was married to Sara Leonore Sandberg, they had five children. He is a great-grandfather of Georg Scheel

Georg Scheel

Georg Scheel is a Norwegian barrister.He is a great-grandson of Herman Scheel. He finished his secondary education at Ullern in 1969, and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree in 1974, and gained access to work with Supreme Court cases in 1977...

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Scheel enrolled at the Royal Frederick University

University of Oslo

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 from 1876 and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1881. Following studies in Berlin

Berlin

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 and London

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, he was from 1887 a research fellow

Research fellow

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 and lecturer at the Royal Frederick University. He took the dr.juris degree in 1892, and was temporarily appointed professor from 1893 to 1898, while professor Francis Hagerup

Francis Hagerup

George Francis Hagerup was a Norwegian lawyer, diplomat and politician for the Conservative Party. He was Prime Minister of Norway from 14 October 1895 to 17 February 1898 and from 22 October 1903 to 11 March 1905.Francis Hagerup grew up in Trondheim...

 was Minister of Justice and the Police

Minister of Justice and the Police (Norway)

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 and Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Norway

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. Scheel later became Minister of Justice, from 1910 to 1912 in the centre-right Konow's Cabinet

Konow's Cabinet

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Notable scholarly publications include Om ægtefællers formuesforhold and Forelæsninger over norsk tingsret. He was Supreme Court

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 Assessor

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 from 1889 to 1910 and from 1912. From 1920 to 1929 he was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway

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