Tellef Dahll Schweigaard
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Tellef Dahll Schweigaard (7 August 1806 - 27 May 1886) was a Norwegian
politician.
as the oldest son and second child of merchant Jørgen Fredrich Schweigaard (1771-1818) and his wife Johanne Marie Dahll (1785-1818). His paternal grandfather had immigrated to Norway from Holstein
. He had one older sister and two younger brothers, one of whom was Anton Martin Schweigaard, a professor and ten-term member of the Norwegian Parliament. As their parents died early, the four Schweigaard children were raised by relatives.
Schweigaard married fellow Kragerø citizen Marie Margrethe Rømer (1814-1889). The couple had four children. Their only daughter Marie Magdalene married jurist and politician Lars Anton Nicolai Larsen-Naur
. Their son Johan Elias married a daughter of Niels Anker Stang, became a senior physician, and was the grandfather of judge and politician Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer
. Through his brother Anton Martin, Tellef was also the uncle of later Prime Minister Christian Homann Schweigaard
.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Kragerø in 1880, and served one term. He had been mayor of Kragerø during the 1840s.
He died in 1886 in his hometown.
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...
politician.
Personal life
Schweigaard was born in KragerøKragerø
is a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø....
as the oldest son and second child of merchant Jørgen Fredrich Schweigaard (1771-1818) and his wife Johanne Marie Dahll (1785-1818). His paternal grandfather had immigrated to Norway from Holstein
Holstein
Holstein is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is part of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany....
. He had one older sister and two younger brothers, one of whom was Anton Martin Schweigaard, a professor and ten-term member of the Norwegian Parliament. As their parents died early, the four Schweigaard children were raised by relatives.
Schweigaard married fellow Kragerø citizen Marie Margrethe Rømer (1814-1889). The couple had four children. Their only daughter Marie Magdalene married jurist and politician Lars Anton Nicolai Larsen-Naur
Lars Anton Nicolai Larsen-Naur
Lars Anton Nicolai Larsen-Naur was a Norwegian politician.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1880 from the urban constituency Kragerø. He only served one term...
. Their son Johan Elias married a daughter of Niels Anker Stang, became a senior physician, and was the grandfather of judge and politician Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer
Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer
Ragnhild Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party.-Personal life:...
. Through his brother Anton Martin, Tellef was also the uncle of later Prime Minister Christian Homann Schweigaard
Christian Homann Schweigaard
Christian Homann Schweigaard was a Norwegian Supreme Court lawyer and politician . He was prime minister in "April the Ministry" in 1884...
.
Career
Tellef Dahll Schweigaard worked as a wholesaler and timber merchant.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Kragerø in 1880, and served one term. He had been mayor of Kragerø during the 1840s.
He died in 1886 in his hometown.