About Ferdinand Nicolai Roll
Lived 1831 – 1921 (aged 89). Ferdinand Nicolai Roll was a Norwegian judge, jurist and politician.
Ferdinand Nicolai Roll (28 May 1831 – 28 February 1921) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party.
He was born in Trondhjem as the son of judge and politician Jacob Roll and his third wife Nicoline Selmer. He had three siblings. Like his father, he took a law education, enrolling as a student in 1847 and graduating as cand.jur. in 1852.
When the first cabinet Stang assumed office in 1889, Roll was brought in as a part of the executive branch of government. He was appointed Minister of Justice and the Police on 13 July. He left on 30 June 1890 to become a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm the next day, leaving that position on 5 March 1891.
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Who was Ferdinand Nicolai Roll?
Norwegian politician
When was Ferdinand Nicolai Roll born?
Ferdinand Nicolai Roll was born on 28 May 1831 in Trondheim.
When did Ferdinand Nicolai Roll die?
Ferdinand Nicolai Roll died on 28 February 1921 in Asker.
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Ferdinand Nicolai Roll was a judge, jurist and politician.
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Ferdinand Nicolai Roll was Norwegian.
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