Paul Steenstrup Koht, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Paul Steenstrup Koht

politician and educator

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1844

Place of Birth: Bodø, Nordland, Norway

Date of Death: 26-Aug-1892

Profession: politician, contributing editor

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Paul Steenstrup Koht (28 August 1844 – 26 August 1892) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Liberal Party.
He was the father of Halvdan Koht, historian and Labour Party politician. Having developed a penchant for Greek and Roman poetry in his student years, Koht lectured in philology as an adult.
He also taught living languages, most notably Norwegian. Despite the conservative political views of his family, Koht became fascinated by the radical national liberal movement of the late 19th century.
His first political activism was manifested in his editing of Tromsøposten; in the late 1870s and early 1880s he chaired the Tromsø Labour Association, which catapulted him into the political limelight.
Eventually becoming elected as both city mayor and Member of Parliament, he advocated radical reforms, amongst them common suffrage and the eight-hour day.



Description	Norwegian photographer
Date of birth/death	16 April 1844	8 July 1894
Location of birth/death	Suwalki	Christiania
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