Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull

Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull in 1899.

Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (13 September 1817 – 15 April 1907) was a Norwegian civil servant and government minister. He served as acting Minister of the Army in 1875 (twice), 1881 and 1884. He also served as mayor of Oslo in 1877 and 1878.

Background

He was born at Bergen in Hordaland, Norway. ^[1]He was a son of Chief Justice Georg Jacob Bull (1785-1854) and Barbara Albertine Ørsted (1783-1865). His mother was a sister of Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted and of Danish jurist Anders Sandøe Ørsted.^[2] He was a grandson of Chief Justice Johan Randulf Bull, a grandnephew of Johan Lausen Bull and an uncle of chief physician Edvard Isak Hambro Bull.^[3]

Career

In 1835, he became a student at Bergen Cathedral School. He joined the Ministry of the Army in 1837. In 1840, he became a legal candidate. He was a representative in 1846, bureau chief in 1850 and expedition secretary in 1854. He was appointed General War Commissioner of the Army in 1860. In 1875 he was acting Minister of the Army from 26 May to 4 June, and from 6 July to 20 July. He was also acting Minister of the Army from 16 September to 25 September 1881 and from 19 March to 2 April 1884.^[1] He later served as the Mayor of Oslo in 1877 and 1878.^[4]

Personal life

He was married in 1848 to Caroline Elisabeth Dahl (b. 1822), surviving daughter of the artist Johan Christian Dahl. They had the son Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull who would become Minister of Defence from 1910 to 1912.^{[5] [5] [6]}

References

1. "Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 20 November 2009.
2. "Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull". vestraat.net. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
3. Bratberg, Terje (2007). "Den trønderske slekten Bull". In Henriksen, Petter. Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
4. "Tidligere ordførere" (in Norwegian). Oslo municipality. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
5. "Carl Sigwald Johannes Bull" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 20 November 2009.
6. Marie Lødrup Bang. "Johan Christian Dahl". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 20, 2016.