Rolf Olsen (politician)

Rolf Olsen (13 February 1818 – 7 June 1864) was a Norwegian politician and playwright.[1]

Biography

Rolf Olsen was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Andreas Schram Olsen (1791–1841), the bailiff (byfogd) of Bergen. He was a student in Skien and earned a Candidatus juris in 1842. In 1846, he was employed as a clerk in the Interior Ministry and was in this position until 1852. He also worked as a journalist, especially for Morgenbladet, where he was editor from 1848. Between 1840 and 1850, he wrote several plays including both tragedies and comedies.[2]

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1854, 1857, 1859 and 1862, representing the constituency of Østerrisøer in Nedenes county, Norway.[3] In 1863 he was appointed judge in Gauldalen, but died the following year.[3]

Selected works
  • Den sidste viking (1840)
  • Salonen eller Intrigen i Kræmmerhuset (1848)
  • Kontrolløren, eller Eventyr paa Landet (1849)
  • Tolvte ordentlige Storting (1850)

References
  1. Rolf Olsen – stortingsmann (Store norske leksikon)
  2. List of publications in BIBSYS
  3. Rolf Olsen — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
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