Claus Nils Holtzrod Daae (20 December 1806 – 13 November 1896) was a Norwegian priest, educator and politician.

Personal life

He was born in

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a son of

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Iver Munthe Daae (1771–1849) and Edvardine Fritzner. His father was mayor of Fana from 1838 to 1839. He was a first cousin of historian and politician

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, and an uncle of physician Anders Daae. He was a first cousin once removed of jurist and politician Ludvig Daae, historian and politician Ludvig Daae, customs inspector Iver Munthe Daae, prison director Anders Daae and Suzannah Daae Ibsen. In November 1835 in

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he married Aadel Christine Wibye (1813–1896). She was a first cousin on his maternal side.

Career

Daae finished his secondary education at

Bergen Cathedral School Bergen Cathedral School ( Norwegian: ''Bergen Katedralskole'', Latin: ''Schola Cathedralis Bergensis'', formerly known as Bergens lærdeskole and Bergen latinskole and colloquially known as Katten) is an upper secondary school in Bergen, Norway. L ...

in 1825, and took the

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degree already in 1828. He continued to study, and worked on a thesis to become a licentiate; however, he never came to defend his thesis. He was instead appointed as vicar in

Stord Stord is a municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnhordland. Stord is sometimes called "Norway in miniature" since i ...

in 1834. In 1838 he was hired as teacher and manager at Stord Teacher's Seminary, a position he held until 1860. Daae was elected to the

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from the constituency

Søndre Bergenhus Amt Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipali ...

in 1848, and served one term. From 1861 to 1865 he was a vicar in

Trondhjem Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is t ...

. He was elected as a fellow of the

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in 1861. From 1865 to 1867 he served as the dean in

Bergen Cathedral Bergen Cathedral () is a cathedral in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Bjørgvin as well as the seat of the "Bergen domkirke" parish and the seat of the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery). It ...

. He died in November 1896 in Bergen.

References

1806 births 1896 deaths Norwegian priest-politicians Norwegian educators Academic staff of Stord/Haugesund University College Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters Hordaland politicians People educated at the Bergen Cathedral School Members of the Storting 1848–1850 {{Norway-politician-1800s-stub