Emil Stang, Jr. (22 September 1882 – 21 December 1964) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the

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and for the

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. He was later the 13th

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. Stang finished his

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in 1900, and graduated as

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in 1905. He practised as a barrister in Kristiania from 1911. He joined the

in 1911, and was elected vice chairman from 1918. He was a delegate to the Founding Congress of

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in 1919. After the death of

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he was acting leader of the

, from 1922 to 1923. He participated in the formation of the

in 1923, where he became a member of the Central Committee. He left the Communist Party in 1928. He was a member of the Kristiania City Council from 1917 to 1928. He was a substitute to the

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from 1922 to 1924. He was also a member of a number of committees on law reforms. From 1928 Stang concentrated on his juridical career. He was appointed

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judge from 1937. During the

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he was arrested and held at the prison

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in Oslo and at the

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in Germany. He was

from 1946 to 1952. During the

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, Stang was one of the minority of judges to vote to execute his cousin,

Axel Heiberg Stang Axel Heiberg Stang (21 February 1904 – 11 November 1974) was a Norwegian landowner and forester who served as a councillor of state, and later a minister, in the Nasjonal Samling government of Vidkun Quisling. Early life and career He was bo ...

, for treason, after he was convicted of collaborationism.

Personal life

Stang was born in

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as the son of

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and chairman of the Conservative Party,

Emil Stang Emil Stang (14 June 1834 – 4 July 1912) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He served as the prime minister of Norway from 1889–1891 and again from 1893–1895. He also served as the first leader of the Conservative Party from 1884–188 ...

, and his wife Adelaide Pauline Berg. He was married to Fredrikke Elise Nicoline Bøckman Otto from 1907 to 1920, and to Sigrid Friis from 1925. He was a grandson of Prime Minister

Frederik Stang Frederik Stang (4 March 1808 – 8 June 1884) was a Norwegian lawyer, public servant, and politician who served as Norway's first List of Norwegian Prime Ministers, prime minister in Christiana. Stang was born on the Nordre Rostad farm at Stokk ...

, brother of politician

Fredrik Stang Fredrik Stang (27 December 1867 – 15 November 1941) was a Norwegian law professor and politician for the Conservative Party. He served as a Member of Parliament, leader of the Conservative Party, Minister of Justice and the Police, Chairman of ...

and uncle of Christian Schweigaard Stang. Further out in the family, he was a third cousin of Ole A. Stang,

Jørgen Breder Stang Jørgen is a Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese masculine given name cognate to George People with the given name Jørgen * Jørgen Aall (1771–1833), Norwegian ship-owner and politician * Jørgen Andersen (1886–1973), Norwegian gymnast * Jørgen ...

and

Olaf Stang Olaf Stang (10 June 1871 – 14 November 1956) was a Norwegian engineer. He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was a son of county treasurer Wilhelm Baltazar Stang (1838–1916) and Petra Sørensen. In 1898 he married Olavia Stang from ...

References

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