Sigurd Lambrechts (6 February 1863–10 October 1941) was a Norwegian

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and civil servant.

Personal life

Lambrechts was born in

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as a son of Chief Justice

Morten Diderik Emil Lambrechts Morten Diderik Emil Lambrechts (4 October 1824 – 28 May 1900) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He was born and died in Christiania. He was the father of Sigurd Lambrechts and a grandfather of Finn Lambrechts. As a politician, he was el ...

(1824–1900) and Karoline Mathilde Østrem. From 1894 to 1906 he was married to Augusta Mowinckel Ramm. In 1915 he married veterinarian's daughter Aagot Nyquist. Together with Augusta Mowinckel he had the son

Finn Lambrechts Finn Lambrechts DFC (16 June 1900 – 8 December 1956) was a Norwegian military officer, a lieutenant general of the Royal Norwegian Air Force. He served as Chief of Defence of Norway () from 1955 to 1956. Personal life Lambrechts was born in ...

Career

He finished his secondary education in 1881, and graduated from the

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with the

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degree in 1886. He was hired as a clerk in the

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in 1889, and was promoted to deputy under-secretary of state in 1899. From 1906 he served as County Governor of Nedenes Amt, and from 1908 to 1933 County Governor of Kristians amt (later renamed County Governor of Oppland). He also chaired Kristiania school board from 1904 to 1905, member of the examination commission for the cand.jur. degree, and extraordinary assessor in the

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in 1905 and 1906. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the

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in 1904, and Commander, Second Class in 1933, Knight of the

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and Commander of the

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. He died in October 1941.

References

1863 births 1941 deaths University of Oslo alumni Norwegian civil servants County governors of Norway Supreme Court of Norway justices Knights of the Order of the Polar Star Commanders of the Order of the Dannebrog {{Norway-gov-bio-stub