Karl Seip (5 April 1850 – 16 September 1909) was a Norwegian priest and educator, who also served as the Minister of Education and Church Affairs from 1908 to 1909.

Personal life

Karl Seip was born in Christiania as the son of priest Hans Christian Caspar Seip (1812-1872) and grandson of military officer and politician Andreas Martin Seip (1790–1850). Through his brother, priest Jens Laurits Arup Seip, Karl was the uncle of

Hans Kristian Seip Hans Kristian Seip (6 November 1881 - 25 March 1945) was a Norway, Norwegian road engineer and politician for the Liberal Party of Norway, Liberal Party. He spent most of his professional career in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. As ...

and

Didrik Arup Seip Didrik Arup Seip (31 August 1884 – 3 May 1963) was a professor of North Germanic languages at the University of Oslo. He earned his doctorate ( dr.philos.) in 1916 and was appointed professor the same year, retiring in 1954. Together with Herman ...

, and a granduncle of Hans Kristian and Jens Arup Seip. Through another brother, priest Martin Fredrik Seip, Karl was a granduncle of Helge and

Martin Fredrik Seip Martin Fredrik Seip (20 May 1921 – 6 May 2001) was a Norwegian physician. He was the brother of politician Helge Seip. He took the dr.med. degree in 1953. He was appointed chief pediatrician at Rikshospitalet in 1968, and became a professor of m ...

Career

Karl Seip graduated with the

cand.theol. Candidate ( or ) is the name of various academic degrees, which are today mainly awarded in Scandinavia. The degree title was phased out in much of Europe through the 1999 Bologna Process, which has re-formatted academic degrees in Europe. The de ...

degree in 1873, and was hired as a teacher at the Botsfengselet prison the next year. He was then appointed

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Åfjord Church Åfjord Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Åfjord Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Årnes, just east of the Åfjorden and west of the lake Stordalsvatnet. It is one of two churche ...

in 1883 and in

Fosen Fosen is a traditional district in coastal Trøndelag county, Norway. The district consists of the municipalities Osen, Åfjord, Ørland, Indre Fosen, Orkland, Heim, Hitra, and Frøya. In colloquial speech, Fosen also refers to the Fosen ...

in 1890. From 1898 to 1908 he worked as school director in the Diocese of Trondhjem. In 1908, when the Liberal first cabinet Knudsen assumed office, Seip was appointed as Minister of Education and Church Affairs. He was granted a leave of absence on 8 July 1909, his place taken by acting Minister Knut Johannes Hougen.Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. Councillor of State 1814-present
– Government.no Seip died only two months later.Karl Seip
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)

References

1850 births 1909 deaths Norwegian priest-politicians Norwegian educators Government ministers of Norway Liberal Party (Norway) politicians

Karl Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor * Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cac ...

Ministers of education of Norway {{Norway-politician-1850s-stub