Otto Richard Kierulf
Otto Richard Kierulf (29 January 1825 – 7 January 1897) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and sports administrator. [1]
Otto Richard Kierulf was born in Christiania now Oslo. He was born into a military family. He took his officer training in the infantry and was promoted to second lieutenant in 1842. In 1847, he entered the artillery and advanced in 1860 to lieutenant colonel. [2]
He was the first leader of Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (Centralforeningen for Udbredelse af Legemsøvelser og Vaabenbrug), first from 1861 to 1864, and again from 1867 to 1869.[3]
He served as a member of Christiania City Council, and was deputy to Parliament for Christiania during the period 1871-1873. He served as Norwegian Prime Minister in Stockholm (1873-1884) and served as Norwegian Prime Minister of the interim government (1875-1881). [4] [5]
References
- ↑ Otto Richard Kierulf Statsminister 1871 - 1873. Norsk statsminister i Stockholm 1873 – 1884 (regjeringen.no)
- ↑ Kierulf, Otto Richard (Nordisk familjebok 1900)
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