Sivert Christensen Strøm (August 9, 1819 – 13 November 1902) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He was born at

Øyestad Øyestad is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until 1992 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of Arendal which is now located in Agder county. At the time of its di ...

(now

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) in

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to captain Christen Nielsen Strøm. He graduated as

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in 1845. He first worked as attorney, and was then promoted to stipendiary magistrate (''sorenskriver'') in the district of Nordre Østerdalen in 1859. ''Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede''
by Chr. Thaulow. Hosted by Trondheim public library. He became involved in politics, and was elected to the

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in 1859, 1862 and 1865, representing the constituency of Hedemarkens Amt (now Hedmark). During the last term he was also mayor of his local municipality.Sivert Christensen Strøm
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) In 1867 he succeeded Michael Aubert as

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Trondhjem Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

(now Trondheim). While serving in Trondhjem he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1871 and 1877. He was also a director in the Bank of Norway in 1871. Strøm married twice, and had several children.

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1819 births 1902 deaths People from Aust-Agder Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Hedmark Politicians from Trondheim Norwegian jurists {{Norway-politician-1810s-stub