Herman Johan Foss Reimers

Herman Johan Foss Reimers, ca. 1920

Herman Johan Foss Reimers (15 September 1843 – 7 February 1928) was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party.[1]

Background

Reimers was born at Bergen in Hordaland, Norway. He was cand. jur. in 1867.

Career

Reimers served in the Ministry of Finance in 1878. From April to June 1884, he was Councillor of State and Chief of the Norwegian Minister of Finance as a part of the short-lived Schweigaard's Ministerium in the cabinet of Prime Minister Christian Homann Schweigaard.[2] From 1884, he was a Supreme Court Assessor.[3]

He was a member of Kristiania (now Oslo) city council from 1887 to 1892,[3] and he served the term 1889–1891 as a member of the Parliament of Norway, representing the constituency of Østerrisør.[2]

Personal life

His granddaughter, Mimi Reimers, married Olaf D. Thommessen.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Schweigaard/Løvenskiold Government 3 April 1884 - 26 June 1884". regjeringen. Retrieved June 20, 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b "Herman Johan Foss Reimers" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Herman Johan Foss Reimers". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  4. ^ Thommessen, Henrik Peter (2009). "Forord". Fra triumf til tragedie. Avisbedriften Tidens Tegn 1910–1941 (Thesis) (in Norwegian). Oslo: University of Oslo. pp. i–iii. ISSN 0806-3222.
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Preceded by Norwegian Minister of Finance
April 1884–June 1884 		Succeeded by


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