JOHAN See also:

• JOHAN SVERDRUP (1816--1892)

SVERDRUP (1816--1892)  , See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Jarlsberg on the 3oth of See also:

• JULY

July 1816 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• JAKOB, LUDWIG HEINRICH VON (1759—1827)

Jakob See also:

• SVERDRUP, JOHAN (1816--1892)

Sverdrup, was a See also:

• LAND

land steward, and the founder of the first school of See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture in See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway . Johan entered the Storthing in 185o, sitting first for See also:

• LAURVIK, LARVIK

Laurvik, and then for the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Akershus, and was its See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president from 1871 to 1884, during the whole of the dispute over the See also:

• PREROGATIVE

prerogative of the See also:

• CROWN

Crown . He built up a strong See also:

• POLITICAL

political party, which, relying for support chiefly on the Norwegian peasantry, was determined to secure strict constitutional See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government and practically to destroy the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . Under his leadership the opposition, in 1872, secured the passing of a See also:

• BILL

bill for the See also:

• ADMISSION

admission of the ministers to the Storthing, which was a step to the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the dependence of the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet on a See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority in that See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly . King See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles XV. refused his See also:

• SANCTION (Lat. sanctia, from sancire, to decree or ordain)

sanction to this bill, and on its third passing in 188o Oscar IT. opposed his See also:

• VETO (Lat. for " I forbid ")

veto, at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time claiming his right to the See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute veto . Sverdrup then proposed the See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation of the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in See also:

• DEFIANCE

defiance of the king's See also:

• ACTION

action . The retirement of Frederik Stang removed Sverdrup's See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief political opponent from the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field . He was aided in his See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign by Bjornstjerne See also:

• BJORNSON, BJORNSTJERNE (1832-1910)

Bjornson, and after a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of political crises he became See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister in See also:

• JUNE

June 1884 . But when he became prime minister he soon found himself at issue with Bjornson on See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church matters . Inspired chiefly by his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew Johan he secured the refusal of a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension to the novelist Kielland because of his See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-clerical views, and he further wished to give the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

• COUNCILS

councils the right to strike off the voting See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list persons who had broken away from church discipline . Therefore, although during his See also:

• TERM

term of See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office no fewer than eighty-nine See also:

• MEASURES

measures, many of them involving useful reforms, became law, he failed to satisfy the extremists among his supporters, and was driven to rely on the moderate Liberals .

He was compelled to retire in 1889, and died on the 17th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1892 at See also:

• CHRISTIANIA (officially KRISTIANIA)

Christiania .