Hans Jacob Horst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Hammerfest, Northern Norway, Norway
About Hans Jacob Horst
- Hans Jacob Horst (7 November 1848 – 17 March 1931) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.
- He graduated with a master's degree in liberal arts in 1874, becoming a teacher and later principal.
- He became active in the Liberal Union and the Workers' Union in Tromsø in 1881, and was then elected to the municipal council.
- He was one of the founders of the newspaper Nordposten.
- He sat in the Parliament of Norway from 1889 to 1903 and from 1906 to 1909, when he sat in the Ecclesiastical Affairs Committee.
- He was President of the Odelsting from 1892 to 1900 and President of the Lagting from 1900 to 1903.
- He was chair of the parliament Peace Association from 1900 and a member of the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague from 1906 to 1929.
- He was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1903 to 1931.
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