Carl Otto Løvenskiold

Carl Otto Løvenskiold (23 December 1839 1 October 1916) was a Norwegian naval officer, politician and land owner.

He was a Prime Minister in Stockholm in 1884, and a member of the Parliament from 1889 to 1897, representing Akershus and the Conservative Party.[1][2]

The Spitsbergen icecap Løvenskioldfonna and the mountain ridge Carlsfjella is named after him.[3][4]

References

  1. Mardal, Magnus A. "Carl Otto Løvenskiold". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. Bratberg, Terje. "Carl Otto Løvenskiold". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  3. "Løvenskioldfonna (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  4. "Carlsfjella (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
Political offices
Preceded by
Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner
Prime Minister in Stockholm
April 1884June 1884
Succeeded by
Ole Jørgen Richter
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