August Geelmuyden Spørck
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August Geelmuyden Spørck (13 September 1851 – 14 July 1928) was a Norwegian military officer and politician for the Liberal Party. He is best known as the Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1909 to 1910.
[edit] Career
He was born in Kristiania. He became a military officer in 1872. Through the rifle associations he became affliated with the Liberal Party.[1] He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1900, representing the constituency of Trondhjem og Levanger. He held the rank of Captain at that time. He served only one term, but had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1898–1900. On 20 August 1909, he was appointed as the new Minister of Defence in the first cabinet Knudsen. He held this position until 1 February 1910, when the cabinet resigned.[2] In 1914 he was promoted to Major General, and from 1916 to 1919 he was the Inspector-General of the Infantry.[1] He died in July 1928.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "August Geelmuyden Spørck" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/August_Geelmuyden_Sp%C3%B8rck. Retrieved on 8 April 2009.
- ^ a b "August Geelmuyden Spørck" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=polsys&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12738. Retrieved on 8 April 2009.
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| Preceded by Haakon Ditlev Lowzow |
Norwegian Minister of Defence 1909–1910 |
Succeeded by Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull |
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