Frederik Julius Kaas

Frederik Julius Kaas (24 August 1785 – 11 January 1827) was a politician from Denmark who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1814 to 1827 and Chairman of the Privy Council.

Early life and education Kaas was born on 24 August 1758 in Copenhagen, the son of captain Frederik Christian Kaas (1725–1803) and Susanna Jacoba Fabritius (1741–62). His father would later reach the rank of admiral in the Royal Danish Navy. Kaas began his career at the royal court. He later joined the engineering troops. He discontinued his military career (with rank of junior lieutenant) to study law at the University of Copenhagen, earning his law degree in 1782.

Career Kaas spent the 20 first years of his career in Norway, then part of Denmark-Norway. In 1782, he became a judge at the Norwegian Overhofret. In 1787 he left the post to focus on the management of Bærum Ironworks, which he had acquired through his marriage to Kirstine Nilson. In 1789–90, he was a Supreme Court justice for Denmark-Norway. In 1789, he returned to the Norwegian Overhofret. In 1790, he was appointed to the post as associated lagmand of Akershus lagdømme. In 1792–94, he was chairman of the City Council in Kristiania. In 1794, he became auditor-general and member of the Norwegian Gneralitets- og Kommissariatskollegium. From 1795 to 1802, he served as diocesan governor of Akershus.