26 Facts About Johan Castberg

Johan Castberg was a Norwegian jurist and politician best known for representing the Radical People's Party.

Johan Castberg was a government minister from 1908 to 1910 and 1913 to 1914, and served seven terms in the Norwegian Parliament.

Johan Castberg was born in Brevik as the son of customs surveyor and politician Johan Christian Tandberg Castberg and Hanna Magdalene Frisak Ebbesen.

Johan Castberg had several brothers and sisters, including the notable violinist Torgrim and the politician Leif.

Johan Castberg's paternal grandfather Peter Hersleb Harboe Castberg was a priest and politician.

Johan Castberg took his secondary education in Skien in 1880, and enrolled in law studies.

Johan Castberg left both the newspaper and the Ministry of Finance in 1887, to pursue a career as an attorney.

Johan Castberg worked as a public defender in Eidsivating Court of Appeal from 1890 to 1892, and as prosecutor from 1892 to 1900.

Johan Castberg was a member of the executive committee of municipal council from 1896 to 1897.

Johan Castberg chaired the local chapter of the Liberal Party.

Johan Castberg made his mark in DFNA at their 1888 national convention.

Johan Castberg was indeed elected for, but this organization was not an independent political party; rather it had loose ties to the Liberal Party.

However, when forming his cabinet in 1905 he asked Johan Castberg to join it.

Johan Castberg turned the offer down, choosing to continue working in Parliament.

In 1906 Johan Castberg was among the founders of DFNA as an independent political party.

Johan Castberg now represented the constituency, as the electoral system had been changed from plural member to single member constituencies.

Johan Castberg was now appointed Minister of Justice and the Police.

Johan Castberg lost this job when the first cabinet Knudsen fell on 1 February 1910.

Johan Castberg's position known as Minister of Social Affairs for short, Castberg became the first government minister in Norway to have specific responsibility for social policy.

Johan Castberg left the cabinet on 20 April 1914, due to disagreements with Prime Minister Gunnar Knudsen.

Johan Castberg was re-elected in 1916,1918 and 1925, and served as President of the Odelsting from 1914 to 1921.

Johan Castberg continued as chairman of his party, renamed the Radical People's Party in 1921, until 1924.

Johan Castberg was engaged in international diplomacy: as a member of the Norwegian delegation that in 1919 discussed the establishment of the League of Nations, chairman of the delegation to an international workers' conference in Washington, DC 1919 and as a member of the delegation that in 1920 and 1921 met the wine-exporting countries affected by the 1919 Norwegian prohibition referendum.

Parallel to his career in politics, Johan Castberg had pursued his career as a jurist.

Johan Castberg was appointed acting public prosecutor in 1901, and got the job on a permanent basis in 1902.

Johan Castberg died in December 1926 in Oslo, before the end of his seventh parliamentary term.