Gregers Gram (1846–1929)

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Gregers Gram
Oscar Mørch
Succeeded byJohannes Irgens
(Acting)
Personal details
Born
Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram

(1846-12-10)10 December 1846
Sweden-Norway
Died1 August 1929(1929-08-01) (aged 82)
Vestre Aker, Oslo, Norway
Political partyConservative
RelativesHarald Gram (son)
Johan Wollebæk (son-in-law)
Gregers Gram (grandson)
ProfessionJurist

Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram (10 December 1846 – 1 August 1929) was a Norwegian jurist and politician, and international arbitrator. He was a Supreme Court Assessor, Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm from 1889 to 1891 and from 1893 to 1898 and County Governor from 1898 to 1915.

Personal life

Gram was born in Moss as the son of district stipendiary magistrate Paul James Reinhold Harald Gram (1818–1900) and Jensine Sophie Wulfsberg (1810–1902). He was a grandson of Jens Jensen Gram and Gregers Winther Wulfsberg,[1] and a first cousin of Jens Gram.[2]

In August 1878 he married Antoinette Augusta Brodtkorb (1857–1938). He was the father of politician Harald Gram (1887–1961) and through him the grandfather of resistance fighter Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram (1917–1944).[1] His daughter Ida Fredrikke married diplomatist Johan Wollebæk.[3]

Career

Gram took his

Norwegian Ministry of Justice, but then left Norway for some years. He worked as a jurist in Egypt, in Ismailia from 1875 to 1882, and later in Alexandria. Back in Norway he was a Supreme Court Assessor from 1884.[1]

Gram belonged to the

dissolution of the union in 1905, Gram is believed to have voted against it,[1] though this view was outnumbered 368,392 to 184.[5]

After ending his political career he was

Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1893.[1] He died in August 1929 in Vestre Aker, and is buried at Vestre gravlund.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Thyness, Paul (2001). "Gregers Gram". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  2. ^ Bull, Edvard; Jansen, Einar, eds. (1929). "Gram family tree". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 4 (1st ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 529.
  3. ^ Norby, Reginald (2005). "Johan Wollebæk". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 10 (2nd ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Emil Stang's First Government". Government.no. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  5. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Archived from the original
    on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  6. Store norske leksikon
    (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  7. ^ a b c "Gregers Gram". Government.no. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
Political offices
Preceded by Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm
1889–1891 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm
1893–1898 		Succeeded by
Civic offices
Preceded by
Oscar Mørch
County Governor of Hedmark

1898–1915 		Succeeded by
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