Johan Lauritz Rasch (1 December 1829 – 5 March 1901) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He resided in Frederikshald, where he worked as an attorney and later

stipendiary magistrate Stipendiary magistrates were magistrates that were paid for their work (they received a stipend). They existed in the judiciaries of the United Kingdom and those of several former British territories, where they sat in the lowest-level criminal ...

(''byfoged''). He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years base ...

in 1871 and 1880, representing his city.Johan Lauritz Rasch
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) When Carl Sibbern died in 1880, Rasch was appointed County Governor of ''Smaalenenes Amt'' (today named Østfold). He held the position to 1890, and died in 1891.

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1829 births 1901 deaths Members of the Storting County governors of Norway Østfold politicians People from Halden {{Norway-politician-1820s-stub