Francis Hagerup

Francis Hagerup
Francis Hagerup by the mid 1890's
7th Prime Minister of Norway
In office 22 October 1903 – 11 March 1905
Monarch	Oscar II
Preceded by	Otto Blehr
Succeeded by	Christian Michelsen
In office 14 October 1895 – 17 February 1898
Monarch	Oscar II
Preceded by	Emil Stang
Succeeded by	Johannes Steen
Minister of Justice
In office 22 October 1903 – 11 March 1905
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Søren T. Årstad
Succeeded by	Christian Michelsen
In office 14 October 1895 – 15 August 1897
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Ernst Motzfeldt
Succeeded by	Harald Smedal
In office 2 May 1893 – 15 July 1894
Prime Minister	Emil Stang
Preceded by	Ole Anton Qvam
Succeeded by	Ernst Motzfeldt
Minister of Finance
In office 9 August 1895 – 14 October 1895
Prime Minister	Emil Stang
Preceded by	Ole Furu
Succeeded by	Fredrik Stang Lund
Minister of Auditing
In office 15 August 1897 – 17 February 1898
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Harald Smedal
Succeeded by	Johannes Steen
Member of the Council of State Division
In office 15 July 1894 – 9 August 1895 Serving with Wilhelm Olssøn and Anton C. Bang
Prime Minister	Emil Stang
Preceded by	Ernst Motzfeldt Johannes W. Harbitz
Succeeded by	Ole Furu
President of the Storting
In office 1 January 1903 – 31 December 1906 Serving with Johan Thorne and Carl Berner
Monarch	Oscar II
Prime Minister	Otto Blehr Himself Christian Michelsen
Preceded by	Edvard Liljedahl Carl Berner
Succeeded by	Edvard Liljedahl Gunnar Knudsen Carl Berner
Leader of the Conservative Party
In office 1899–1902
Preceded by	Emil Stang
Succeeded by	Ole L. Skattebøl
Personal details
Born	George Francis Hagerup (1853-01-22)22 January 1853 Horten, Vestfold, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Died	8 February 1921(1921-02-08) (aged 68) Kristiania, Norway
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Frederikke Dorothea Bødtker ​ ​ (m. 1850)​
Occupation	Lawyer Politician Diplomat

George Francis Hagerup (22 January 1853 – 8 February 1921) was a Norwegian law professor, diplomat, politician for the Conservative Party and women's rights advocate. He was the 7th prime minister of Norway from 1895 to 1898 and from 1903 to 1905, and leader of the Conservative Party from 1899 to 1902. As a legal scholar, he is known for his contributions to the development of public international law, and was chairman of the Institut de Droit International.^[1][2][3] He was his party's most active supporter of women's suffrage, and was a co-founder, board member and honorary member of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.

Francis Hagerup grew up at Horten in Vestfold, Norway. He was a son of admiral and cabinet minister Henrik Steffens Hagerup (1806–1859) and Nicoline Christine Jenssen (1808–1862). He graduated with the cand.jur. degree at the Royal Frederick University in 1876, received a grant to study abroad, and became a research fellow at the Royal Frederick University in 1879. He obtained the dr.juris degree in 1885, and was professor of law at the Royal Frederick University from 1887 to 1906. He was minister of justice in the Second cabinet Stang from 2 May 1893 to 14 October 1895. In August 1895 he was Finance minister. He was a member of the Storting from 1901 to 1906.^[1]

He served as Prime Minister of Norway for two terms. First from October 14, 1895; secondly from October 22, 1903. In social policy, Hagerup's time as Prime Minister saw the passage of a child care law in 1896 that increased the power of local authorities and courts over neglected and abused children. Following his two bouts as Prime Minister, he served as ambassador to Copenhagen, The Hague, and Brussels. From 1916 he was ambassador in Stockholm.^[4][5]

Hagerup was passionately involved in the development of public international law. From 1897 he was member of the Institut de Droit International, of which he became the chairman in 1912. In 1907 he headed the Norwegian delegation at the second peace conference in The Hague. He was also delegate at international conferences regarding admiralty law. In 1920 he led the Norwegian delegation when the League of Nations convened for the first time in Geneva. The same year he was elected to the Law committee under the League council. In 1888, he founded Tidsskrift for Retsvidenskab (Journal of Jurisprudence), and served as its editor until his death. ^[6]

Hagerup was also member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1 January 1907 until his death in 1921.^[7]

Hagerup was the most prominent Conservative Party politician to support women's suffrage and was active in the women's rights movement. In 1884 he was a co-founder of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights^[8] and he was also a member of the first board of the association.^[9] In 1914 he became an honorary member of the association.^[10]

He was married in 1880 to Frederikke Dorothea Bødtker (1853-1919). He died in Kristiania (now Oslo) and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.^{[citation needed]}

• George Francis Hagerup biography at government.no (taken from Norsk Biografisk Leksikon - Norwegian Biographical Encyclopedia)
• Thane, Pat (1996) Foundations of the Welfare State (Longman Social Policy 2nd edition) ISBN 9780582279520