A.M. Schweigaard

A.M. Schweigaard (born April 11, 1808, Kragerø, Nor.—died Feb. 1, 1870, Christiania [now Oslo]) was a Norwegian jurist and economic reformer who helped bring about Norway’s change to a capitalist economy. A professor of jurisprudence and economics in the 1830s and ’40s and an extremely influential publicist for economic liberalism, Schweigaard was elected to the Storting (parliament) in 1842, serving in that body until 1869. As a legislator and as a member of various parliamentary...