Johan Richard Krogness (11 March 1814 – 3 February 1872) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician. He was born in Trondhjem as a son of merchant Erik Rolfsen Krogness and Ingeborg Jensdatter. His half-sister Ingeborg Krogness was the mother of

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. Krogness took the examen artium in 1835 and went on to study law, but quit higher education before graduating. He returned to Trondhjem as a merchant from 1841 before settling at the manor Karlslyst in Hommelvigen, where he was a ship-owner and ran a

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.''Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede''
, by Chr. Thaulow. Hosted by Trondheim public library. Krogness served as mayor of Strinden Municipality. He was a deputy representative to the

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in 1851 and was elected in

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, and was re-elected in

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, 1859,

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and

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, representing the rural constituency of Søndre Trondhjems Amt. Krogness befriended Henrik Wergeland while he was a student, later

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and was a close follower of Johan Sverdrup in parliamentary politics. As such, Krogness was one of the forerunners of the

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. He missed the 1871 session due to illness, and died in February the year after from "weakness of the chest". He was married to Danish woman Elisabeth Lucie Marie Biering.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Krogness, Johan Richard 1814 births 1872 deaths Businesspeople from Trondheim Norwegian businesspeople Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Sør-Trøndelag People from Malvik