Thomas Engelhart

Norwegian jurist and politician

Thomas von Westen Engelhart

Thomas von Westen Engelhart (6 October 1850 – 3 August 1905) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party.

## Biography

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He was born at Vinger in Hedmark, Norway. He graduated in 1871 with a law degree. Engelhart was a public prosecutor by profession. He was a senior prosecutor at Kongsvinger from 1873. From 1876 he was the Supreme Court Attorney at Vinger, where he also was the mayor between 1881 and 1889.[1]

He was Minister of Auditing from 1891–1892, a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm from 1892-1893 and 1897–1898, and then Minister of the Interior from 1895–1897. He served as county governor (amtmann) in Bratsberg amt from 1898-1902 and then county governor of Jarlsberg og Larvik amt from 1902 until his death in 1905.[2][3]

His son Bernt (1889–1961) was a veterinarian, and married schoolteacher Alette Nicolaysen who became a national housewives' leader.[4] His daughter Engelke (1885–1973) married ship-owner Wilhelm Wilhelmsen.[5]

## References

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1. ^ Knut Dørum. "Thomas von Westen Engelhart". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
2. ^ "Register of Persons "Norway's Governments since 1814"". Government.no. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
3. ^ "Johannes Steen's First Government". Government.no. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
4. ^ Haavardsholm, Espen. "Alette Engelhart". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
5. ^ Kolltveit, Bård. "Wilhelm Wilhelmsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

Government offices

Preceded by

Carl Johan Michelet

|  County Governor of Jarlsberg og Larvik amt
1902-1905  | Succeeded by

Ulrik Krohn

Preceded by

Otto Benjamin Andreas Aubert

|  County Governor of Bratsberg amt
1898-1902  | Succeeded by

Viggo Ullmann

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