Jacob Lindboe

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Jacob Albert Lindboe , (born September 3, 1843 in Christiania , † February 4, 1902 in Christiania) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician.

His parents were the merchant Jacob Wibe Lindboe (1803–1861) and his wife Amalie Margrethe Oxholm (1815–1889). On February 5, 1876, he married Hanna Jenssen (May 18, 1850– January 16, 1932), daughter of the businessman Anton Mathias Jenssen (1818–1895) and his wife Johanne ("Hanna") Catharina Richter (1824–1850).

Lindboe grew up in Christiania and passed the Artium exam in 1864. In 1867 he passed the law exam and moved to Trondheim in 1868 . In 1869 he opened a law firm as a lawyer at the higher court.

Even as a student he was a supporter of the politics of the Stortings opposition and a great admirer of Johan Sverdrup . Trondheim was considered a stronghold of conservatism, and it caused quite a stir that Lindboe, from the city's upper class, who had married into one of the city's leading families, joined the opposition. In 1883 he was co-founder and also the first chairman of the first left-wing association of the city, the "Constitutional Association" (Grundlovsforening) and in 1884 chairman of "Søndre Trondhjems Amt Fælles Venstreforening" (Association of the Left in Søndre Trondhjems Office). The harsh political dispute between the political directions led to family splits and friendships being broken. Lindboe became a non-person in the Jenssen family. He led some libel trials against the newspaper Adressavisen , which he won before the Supreme Court until 1887. His position was consolidated in 1884 with the nationwide formation of the " Venstre " when he was elected to the party executive. He stayed on the board until 1889. When the party split, he joined the radical Venstre. The Venstre in Trondheim radicalized after 1891 under Håkon Løken . This year he was Sorenskriver in Nordmøre and 1892 was Lagmann in Eidsiva- and Frostating . The elections to the Storting in 1894 led to the local breakthrough of the Venstre, as the Venstre was able to fill the posts of the four Storting members of Trondheim and Levanger . Lindboe became the first MP. He was re-elected in 1897, but could not be elected in 1900.

In the five years of his parliamentary term he was particularly involved in national issues. In 1896 and 1898 he was the main speaker for the pure tricolor in the flag dispute with Sweden. He was one of the 24 radical MPs in Venstre who opposed negotiations with Sweden. From 1898 to 1899 he was chairman of the committee to deal with a draft of the military penal code and in 1898 a member of the committee that was supposed to protect the interests of the Storting in connection with the will of Alfred Nobel . It was about the interpretation of who should decide on the award of the prize. He also campaigned for universal suffrage, from 1896 also for women.

He also sponsored the establishment of a Masonic Lodge in Trondheim in 1881.

His dwindling health and death prevented him from turning to other areas of politics. Social issues were not the focus of his interest.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The “Examen artium” was the entrance examination to the university. So it corresponded to the Abitur, but was accepted by the university.

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SURNAME Lindboe, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindboe, Jacob Albert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian lawyer and politician, member of the Storting
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Christiania
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 1902
Place of death Christiania