Hans Georg Jacob Stang (prime minister)
Hans Georg Jacob Stang was a Norwegian attorney, official and politician. He was
Norway's Prime Minister in Stockholm 1888-1889.Biography
Stang was born in Nannestad, Norway and attended Oslo Cathedral School until 1848, before graduating with a degree in law from the University of Christiania in 1852. He worked for a number of years as a judge in Christiania before establishing his legal practice in Kongsvinger during 1859. From 1878 to 1884 he was a city judge in Christiania.
He entered into national politics as a member of the administration of Prime Minister Johan Sverdrup in 1884. He was member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1884-1885 and 1886-1887, Minister of the Interior 1885-1886, and Minister of Justice 1887-1888, as well as head of the Ministry of Justice in 1888. He was also governor of Lister og Mandal Amt 1889-1906.He married Anna Sophie Margrethe Holmsen on 28 December 1855. His wife was President of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights. They were the parents of Georg Stang, who served as Norwegian Minister of Defense .
He died in Kristiansand in 1907.
