Johan Sverdrup

Johan Sverdrup (born July 30, 1816, Jarlsberg, Nor.—died Feb. 17, 1892, Kristiania [now Oslo]) was a Norwegian statesman, prime minister (1884–89) of Norway in the first ministry of the Venstre (Left, or Liberal) Party. His appointment to that post followed his victory in obtaining ministerial representation in the Storting (parliament). Sverdrup was educated as a lawyer and entered the Storting in 1851. He became leader of an opposition group of city liberals in that body....