Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs (Norway)
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The Norwegian Minister of Navy and Postal Affairs was the head of the Norwegian Ministry of Navy and Postal Affairs. The position existed from 1815 to 1885, but was named Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs only from 1861.
In 1861, the Ministry of Postal Affairs
had been merged with the Ministry of the Navy. The Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs was regarded the direct successor. Before this, various other names were used.
In 1861, the Ministry of Postal Affairs
Norwegian Ministry of Postal Affairs
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Postal Affairs was a Norwegian ministry that existed from 1860 to 1861. It was responsible for postal affairs....
had been merged with the Ministry of the Navy. The Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs was regarded the direct successor. Before this, various other names were used.
List of Norwegian Ministers of Navy and Postal Affairs
In 1815, the ministry was named the 7th Ministry.| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting was a Norwegian temporary councillor of state in 1814, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm for six periods between 1817-1836, and Minister of the Navy in eight periods between 1815-1839, as well as head of the Ministry of the Army in 1828 and 1832.-References:... |
1815 | 1817 |
| Jens Schou Fabricius Jens Schou Fabricius Jens Schou Fabricius was the Norwegian appointed Minister of the Navy 1817–1818. Fabricius was a rear admiral by profession.-References:... (acting) |
1817 | 1818 |
| Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting was a Norwegian temporary councillor of state in 1814, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm for six periods between 1817-1836, and Minister of the Navy in eight periods between 1815-1839, as well as head of the Ministry of the Army in 1828 and 1832.-References:... |
1818 | 1820 |
| In 1818, it had been renamed the Ministry of the Naval Service. | ||
| Jonas Collett Jonas Collett Jonas Collett was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. Being known as one of the "Eidsvoll men", he played an important role in the events of Norway in 1814.... |
1820 | 1820 |
| Mathias Sommerhielm Mathias Sommerhielm Mathias Otto Leth Sommerhielm was a Norwegian politician.He served as First Minister in Christiania from 1815 to 1822, a position assigned to the most prominent cabinet minister at the time. In 1822, he became Prime Minister of Norway, an office located in Stockholm. He held the office until 1827,... |
1820 | 1821 |
| Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting was a Norwegian temporary councillor of state in 1814, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm for six periods between 1817-1836, and Minister of the Navy in eight periods between 1815-1839, as well as head of the Ministry of the Army in 1828 and 1832.-References:... |
1821 | 1824 |
| Poul Christian Holst Poul Christian Holst Poul Christian Holst was a Norwegian government official who held several positions in the period 1814-1848. He was the functioning head of the 1st Ministry in 1814, state secretary 1814-1822, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm in various periods between 1823-1844, Minister of... |
1824 | 1825 |
| Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting was a Norwegian temporary councillor of state in 1814, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm for six periods between 1817-1836, and Minister of the Navy in eight periods between 1815-1839, as well as head of the Ministry of the Army in 1828 and 1832.-References:... |
1825 | 1826 |
| Hans Hagerup Falbe Hans Hagerup Falbe Hans Hagerup Falbe was the Norwegian acting member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1822–1824 , 1825–1826 and 1829–1830, Minister of Auditing 1824–1825 and 1828–1829, Minister of the Navy 1826–1827 and Minister of Justice 1827–1828. Hagerup Falbe was a diocesan county governor by... |
1826 | 1827 |
| Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting was a Norwegian temporary councillor of state in 1814, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm for six periods between 1817-1836, and Minister of the Navy in eight periods between 1815-1839, as well as head of the Ministry of the Army in 1828 and 1832.-References:... |
1827 | 1830 |
| Nicolai Krog | 1830 | 1831 |
| Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting was a Norwegian temporary councillor of state in 1814, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm for six periods between 1817-1836, and Minister of the Navy in eight periods between 1815-1839, as well as head of the Ministry of the Army in 1828 and 1832.-References:... |
1831 | 1833 |
| Nicolai Krog | 1833 | 1834 |
| Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting was a Norwegian temporary councillor of state in 1814, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm for six periods between 1817-1836, and Minister of the Navy in eight periods between 1815-1839, as well as head of the Ministry of the Army in 1828 and 1832.-References:... |
1834 | 1836 |
| Nicolai Krog | 1836 | 1836 |
| Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting Thomas Fasting was a Norwegian temporary councillor of state in 1814, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm for six periods between 1817-1836, and Minister of the Navy in eight periods between 1815-1839, as well as head of the Ministry of the Army in 1828 and 1832.-References:... |
1836 | 1839 |
| Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen was a Norwegian politician and served as the de facto Prime minister of Norway during the personal union of Sweden-Norway from 1858 to 1861.- Early life :... |
1839 | 1840 |
| Valentin Sibbern | 1840 | 1841 |
| Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen was a Norwegian politician and served as the de facto Prime minister of Norway during the personal union of Sweden-Norway from 1858 to 1861.- Early life :... |
1841 | 1843 |
| Valentin Sibbern | 1843 | 1844 |
| Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen was a Norwegian politician and served as the de facto Prime minister of Norway during the personal union of Sweden-Norway from 1858 to 1861.- Early life :... |
1844 | 1845 |
| Henrich Herman Mejer Foss | 1845 | 1848 |
| In 1846, it had been renamed the Ministry of the Navy. | ||
| Ole Wilhelm Erichsen Ole Wilhelm Erichsen Ole Wilhelm Erichsen was the Norwegian Minister of the Navy 1848-1852 and 1853-1856. He was temporarily appointed councillor of state in interim government in Stockholm 1852-1853, and was member of the Council of State Division 1852-1853. Erichsen was a military captain by profession before his... |
1848 | 1852 |
| Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen was a Norwegian politician and served as the de facto Prime minister of Norway during the personal union of Sweden-Norway from 1858 to 1861.- Early life :... |
1852 | 1852 |
| Niels Andreas Thrap Niels Andreas Thrap Niels Andreas Thrap was Norwegian temporary Minister of Finance in 1852, and temporary Minister of the Navy in 1854.... (acting) |
1852 | 1853 |
| Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen was a Norwegian politician and served as the de facto Prime minister of Norway during the personal union of Sweden-Norway from 1858 to 1861.- Early life :... |
1853 | 1853 |
| Thomas Edvard von Westen Sydow | 1853 | 1853 |
| Ole Wilhelm Erichsen Ole Wilhelm Erichsen Ole Wilhelm Erichsen was the Norwegian Minister of the Navy 1848-1852 and 1853-1856. He was temporarily appointed councillor of state in interim government in Stockholm 1852-1853, and was member of the Council of State Division 1852-1853. Erichsen was a military captain by profession before his... |
1853 | 1856 |
| Henrik Steffens Hagerup Henrik Steffens Hagerup Henrik Steffens Hagerup was a Norwegian naval officer and politician who served as Minister of the Navy from 1856 to 1859 with certain interruptions.... |
1856 | 1857 |
| Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen was a Norwegian politician and served as the de facto Prime minister of Norway during the personal union of Sweden-Norway from 1858 to 1861.- Early life :... |
1857 | 1857 |
| Henrik Steffens Hagerup Henrik Steffens Hagerup Henrik Steffens Hagerup was a Norwegian naval officer and politician who served as Minister of the Navy from 1856 to 1859 with certain interruptions.... |
1857 | 1857 |
| Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen was a Norwegian politician and served as the de facto Prime minister of Norway during the personal union of Sweden-Norway from 1858 to 1861.- Early life :... |
1857 | 1858 |
| Henrik Steffens Hagerup Henrik Steffens Hagerup Henrik Steffens Hagerup was a Norwegian naval officer and politician who served as Minister of the Navy from 1856 to 1859 with certain interruptions.... |
1858 | 1859 |
| Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen Hans Christian Petersen was a Norwegian politician and served as the de facto Prime minister of Norway during the personal union of Sweden-Norway from 1858 to 1861.- Early life :... |
1859 | 1860 |
| Jacob Worm Skjelderup Jacob Worm Skjelderup Jacob Worm Skjelderup was Norwegian state secretary from 1859 to 1863, appointed Minister of the Navy in 1860, and temporary councillor of state 1861.... (acting) |
1860 | 1860 |
| Ketil Motzfeldt | 1860 | 1860 |
| Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland was a Norwegian military officer, politician and mountaineer. Having reached the rank of Major General by 1859, he served as Minister of the Army for several periods between 1857 and 1868. He later became Lieutenant General... |
1860 | 1861 |
| In 1861, it was renamed the Ministry of the Navy and Postal Affairs. | ||
| Ketil Motzfeldt | 1861 | 1861 |
| August Christian Manthey August Christian Manthey August Christian Manthey was a Norwegian Minister who held several government posts in the period 1856-1875. He served as Minister of Auditing, Justice, Finance, the Interior, the Navy and the Army, as well as being member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm in different... |
1861 | 1861 |
| Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner was a Norwegian naval officer and politician.-Early life and career:He was born in Christiania in 1806, as the son of Lieutenant Colonel Johan Friedrich Wilhelm Haffner and Sara Vilhelmine, née Hagerup... |
1861 | 1863 |
| Erik Røring Møinichen Erik Røring Møinichen Erik Røring Møinichen was a Norwegian politician.-Personal life:Møinichen was born in Trondhjem as a son of district stipendiary magistrate Thomas Henrich Møinichen and Ingeborg Birgitte Røring, Sr... |
1863 | 1864 |
| Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner was a Norwegian naval officer and politician.-Early life and career:He was born in Christiania in 1806, as the son of Lieutenant Colonel Johan Friedrich Wilhelm Haffner and Sara Vilhelmine, née Hagerup... |
1864 | 1867 |
| August Christian Manthey August Christian Manthey August Christian Manthey was a Norwegian Minister who held several government posts in the period 1856-1875. He served as Minister of Auditing, Justice, Finance, the Interior, the Navy and the Army, as well as being member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm in different... |
1867 | 1868 |
| Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner was a Norwegian naval officer and politician.-Early life and career:He was born in Christiania in 1806, as the son of Lieutenant Colonel Johan Friedrich Wilhelm Haffner and Sara Vilhelmine, née Hagerup... |
1868 | 1869 |
| Ole Jacob Broch Ole Jacob Broch Ole Jacob Broch was a Norwegian mathematician, physicist, economist and politician. Broch was born in Fredrikstad, the son of war commissary Johan Jørgen Broch and Jensine Laurentze Bentzen . He showed a talent for mathematics at an early age, and after studies in Christiania , he travelled abroad... |
1869 | 1871 |
| Johan Collett Falsen Johan Collett Falsen Johan Collett Falsen was a Norwegian jurist and politician.He graduated as cand.jur. in 1841. He worked as an attorney in Nedenes from 1846, and then in Trondhjem. In 1849 he moved to Drammen to work as an attorney there. He became involved in politics, serving as mayor of Drammen from 1853 to... |
1871 | 1871 |
| August Christian Manthey August Christian Manthey August Christian Manthey was a Norwegian Minister who held several government posts in the period 1856-1875. He served as Minister of Auditing, Justice, Finance, the Interior, the Navy and the Army, as well as being member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm in different... |
1871 | 1872 |
| Ole Jacob Broch Ole Jacob Broch Ole Jacob Broch was a Norwegian mathematician, physicist, economist and politician. Broch was born in Fredrikstad, the son of war commissary Johan Jørgen Broch and Jensine Laurentze Bentzen . He showed a talent for mathematics at an early age, and after studies in Christiania , he travelled abroad... |
1872 | 1872 |
| August Christian Manthey August Christian Manthey August Christian Manthey was a Norwegian Minister who held several government posts in the period 1856-1875. He served as Minister of Auditing, Justice, Finance, the Interior, the Navy and the Army, as well as being member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm in different... |
1872 | 1872 |
| Jacob Lerche Johansen Jacob Lerche Johansen Jacob Lerche Johansen was a Norwegian naval officer and politician. He was Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs for several periods between 1872 and 1884, as well as member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm several times during the same period.-References:... |
1872 | 1873 |
| August Christian Manthey August Christian Manthey August Christian Manthey was a Norwegian Minister who held several government posts in the period 1856-1875. He served as Minister of Auditing, Justice, Finance, the Interior, the Navy and the Army, as well as being member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm in different... |
1873 | 1874 |
| Jacob Lerche Johansen Jacob Lerche Johansen Jacob Lerche Johansen was a Norwegian naval officer and politician. He was Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs for several periods between 1872 and 1884, as well as member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm several times during the same period.-References:... |
1874 | 1877 |
| Jens Holmboe Jens Holmboe Jens Holmboe was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. A jurist by education, he was a member of the Norwegian Parliament for five terms, and held several different government posts from 1874 to 1884.-Personal life:... |
1877 | 1878 |
| Jacob Lerche Johansen Jacob Lerche Johansen Jacob Lerche Johansen was a Norwegian naval officer and politician. He was Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs for several periods between 1872 and 1884, as well as member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm several times during the same period.-References:... |
1878 | 1881 |
| Jens Holmboe Jens Holmboe Jens Holmboe was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. A jurist by education, he was a member of the Norwegian Parliament for five terms, and held several different government posts from 1874 to 1884.-Personal life:... |
1881 | 1882 |
| Jacob Lerche Johansen Jacob Lerche Johansen Jacob Lerche Johansen was a Norwegian naval officer and politician. He was Minister of the Navy and Postal Affairs for several periods between 1872 and 1884, as well as member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm several times during the same period.-References:... |
1882 | 1884 |
| Halfdan Lehman (acting) | 1884 | 1884 |
| Carsten Tank Nielsen Carsten Tank Nielsen Carsten Tank Nielsen was a Norwegian appointed Minister of the Navy in 1884.... (acting) |
1884 | 1884 |
| Halfdan Lehman (acting) | 1884 | 1884 |
| Bøicke Johan Rulffs Koren Bøicke Johan Rulffs Koren -References:... |
1884 | 1884 |
| Johan Sverdrup Johan Sverdrup Johan Sverdrup was a Norwegian politician from the Liberal Party. He was the first Prime Minister of Norway after the introduction of parliamentarism. Sverdrup was Prime Minister from 1884 to 1889.- Early years :... |
1884 | 1885 |