About Fritz Lorck
Lived 1815 – 1901 (aged 85). Fritz Lorck was a Norwegian politician, merchant and consul.
Frederik Christian "Fritz" Lorck (2 July 1815 – 9 May 1901) was a Norwegian merchant and politician.
He was born in Trondhjem a son of wholesaler Lorentz Lorck and Nicoline Kathrine Fernandine, née Frølich. He finished his secondary education in Frederikshald in 1834.
He married Elisabeth Sofie Wiel, a member of the timber merchant family Wiel from Frederikshald. Their son Karl Fredrik Sophus Lorck became a member of Parliament, as did Fritz' father-in-law Mads Truelsen Wiel and brother-in-law Andreas Melchior Glückstad Wiel. Lorck served as mayor of Trondhjem in 1863, 1864, 1867, 1868 and 1870.
He was decorated as a Knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star.
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Who was Fritz Lorck?
Norwegian politician
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Fritz Lorck was born on 2 July 1815.
When did Fritz Lorck die?
Fritz Lorck died on 9 May 1901.
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Fritz Lorck was a politician, merchant and consul.
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Fritz Lorck was Norwegian.
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