Oluf Lundt Bang

OlOluf Lundt Bang (11 September 1731 – 27 September 1789), also known as Ole Bang, was a Danish lawyer who ended his career as president of Hof- og Stadsretten. During the Struense affair, he served both as prosecutor in the trial against queen Caroline Matilda and as defence attorney in the trial against Enevold Brandt. In 1777, he was ennobled under the name de Bang. He was the father of playwright Baltsasar Bang and landowner Niels Bang.

Early life and education Bang was born at Egebjerggaard at Nykøbing Sjælland, Holbæk County, the son of Niels Christian Bang (1697–1760) and Cathrine Marie Kjær (ca. 1704–43). His father managed the royal estates in Odsherred. He was after his first wife's death married at Annebjerggaard to Ulrikke Eleonore Schwane (1726–92). She was after his death married to his successor Jacob Hansen (1728–91). He was the half-brother of the medical doctor Frederik Ludvig Bang.

Bang matriculated from Frederiksborg Latin School in 1747. He earned a Master of Theology degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1750 and a Master of Law degree in 1753.

Career In 1758, he was licensed as a Supreme Court attorney. 1763 saw him appointed as Attorney-General (kammeradvokat). During the Struense affair, he both served as prosecutor in the trial against the queen and as defense attorney for Enevold Brandt. In 1779, he was appointed as debuty general prosecutor (vicegeneralprokurør). In 1790, he was appointed as assessor in kancellikollegiet and an extraordinary judge at the Supreme Court. 1784 saw him promoted to general prosecutor (generalprokurør) and in 1788 he was appointed as president of Hof- og Stadsretten. His younger brother Balthasar Band was a playwright. Their sister Antoinette Frederikke de Bang married the lawyer Freiherr Christian Ulrich Detlev von Eggers.