1. Sofus Anton Birger Arctander was a politician with the Liberal Party who served as acting Prime Minister of Norway during 1905.
12 Facts About Sofus Arctander
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Sofus Arctander was the son of Hans Steenbuch Arctander and Martha Dahll Nielsen.
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Sofus Arctander was a teacher and librarian in Selje Municipality and Eid Municipality.
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Sofus Arctander received a law degree from the University of Christiania in 1870, then studied economy and philosophy at the University of Lund in 1871.
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Sofus Arctander was deputy judge and then acting district stipendiary magistrate before establishing himself as a lawyer in 1875.
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In 1877, Arctander was elected deputy Member of the Parliament of Norway for the County of Nordland.
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Sofus Arctander participated actively in the founding of the Liberal Party in 1882.
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Sofus Arctander was appointed a Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog and a Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star.
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Sofus Arctander was an honorary member and co-founder of the Nordlendingenes Forening, an association of people who have emigrated from the counties in Northern Norway.
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Sofus Arctander died in the Lifjell Mountains of Telemark one day in August 1924, the exact date uncertain.
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Sofus Arctander had been missing for some days when he was found dead.
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Sofus Arctander was married in 1881 with Maren Sophie Aars, daughter of Jens Ludvig Aars and Annette Lund.