Johan Blackstad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
About Johan Blackstad
- Johan Blackstad (16 November 1832 – 8 November 1904) was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Bergen and took the cand.jur.
- degree in 1857.
- He was hired in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1860, and in 1870 he went on to become district stipendiary magistrate in Varanger.
- From 1874 to 1882 he served as County Governor of Finnmarkens Amt.
- While stationed here he was elected twice to the Norwegian Parliament from the constituency Hammerfest, Vardø og Vadsø.
- He left Parliament in 1885 during a very critical time for the Conservative Party.In 1882 he became district stipendiary magistrate in Eker, Modum og Sigdal, and in 1889 he became presiding judge in Eidsivating Court of Appeal.
- In 1891 he was named acting Director of Public Prosecutions.
- He got the position on a permanent basis in 1901.
- He held this post until he died in November 1904, on the way to his office.
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