Hans Georg Jacob Stang (prime minister)
Hans Georg Jacob Stang was a Norwegian attorney, official, and politician. He was
the Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm from 1888-1889.
Biography
Stang was born in Nannestad, Norway and attended Oslo Cathedral School until 1848, before graduating with a degree in law from the University of Christiania in 1852. He worked for a number of years as a judge in Christiania before establishing his legal practice in Kongsvinger during 1859. From 1878 to 1884 he was a city judge in Christiania.He entered into national politics as a member of the administration of Prime Minister Johan Sverdrup in 1884. He was member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm from 1884-1885 and again from 1886-1887. He was the Minister of the Interior from 1885-1886 and Minister of Justice from 1887-1888, as well as head of the Ministry of Justice in 1888. He also served as the County Governor of Lister og Mandals amt and Diocesan Governor of Kristiansand from 1889-1906.