Johan Richard Krogness, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
About Johan Richard Krogness
- Johan Richard Krogness (11 March 1814 – 3 February 1872) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician. He was born in Trondhjem (now Trondheim, Norway).
- He took the examen artium in 1835, but quit higher education after taking only one exam.
- He was a merchant in Trondhjem for some years before settling at the manor Karlslyst (Karlslyst Gård) in Hommelvigen, where he was a ship-owner and ran a brickworks.He was elected to the Parliament of The USS in 1854, and was re-elected in 1857, 1859, 1862, 1865, 1868 and 1871, representing the rural constituency of Søndre Trondhjems Amt (now Sør-Trøndelag).
- He died in February 1872 from "weakness of the chest".His half-sister Ingeborg Krogness was the mother of Erik Vullum.
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