Johan Richard Krogness

Johan Richard Krogness (11 March 1814 – 3 February 1872) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician.

portrait of Johan Richard Krogness

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.[1][2]

He was elected to the Parliament of Norway 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).[3] He died in February 1872 from "weakness of the chest".[1]

His half-sister Ingeborg Krogness was the mother of Erik Vullum.[4]

References
  1. Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede, by Chr. Thaulow. Hosted by Trondheim public library.
  2. "Karlslyst Gård Historie". Karlslyst Gård. Archived from the original on 2016-01-10. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  3. "Johan Richard Krogness" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  4. Noreng, Harald. "Erik Vullum". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 May 2009.


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