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Herman Scheel
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway
In office
1920–1929
Preceded byKarenus K. Thinn
Succeeded byPaal Berg
Minister of Justice
In office
2 February 1910 – 20 February 1912
Prime MinisterWollert Konow
Preceded byJohan Castberg
Succeeded byFredrik Stang
Personal details
BornHerman Carsten Johannes Scheel
(1859-01-18)18 January 1859
Hamar, Hedmark, Sweden-Norway
Died29 September 1956(1956-09-29) (aged 97)
Political partyConservative
SpouseSara Leonore Sandberg
ChildrenElisabeth Scheel

Herman Carsten Johannes Scheel (18 January 1859 – 29 September 1956) was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born at Hamar in Hedmark, Norway. He was the elder brother of the portrait painter Signe Scheel (1860–1942) He was married to Sara Leonore Sandberg. He is a great-grandfather of Georg Scheel.

Scheel enrolled at the Royal Frederick University from 1876 and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1881. Following studies in Berlin and London, he was from 1887 a research fellow and lecturer at the Royal Frederick University. He took the dr.juris degree in 1892, and was temporarily appointed professor from 1893 to 1898, while professor Francis Hagerup was Minister of Justice and the Police and Prime Minister. Scheel later became Minister of Justice, from 1910 to 1912 in the centre-right Konow's Cabinet.

Notable scholarly publications include Om ægtefællers formuesforhold and Forelæsninger over norsk tingsret. He was Supreme Court Assessor from 1889 to 1910 and from 1912. From 1920 to 1929 he was the 11th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

References

  1. ^ "Herman Scheel". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. Anne Aaserud. "Signe Scheel". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. Byles, Anine G. (15 April 2010). "Arvelig belastet jurist". Budstikka (in Norwegian). pp. 62–63.
  4. Bodil Chr. Erichsen. "Francis Hagerup". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  5. "Herman Carsten Johannes Scheel" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 6 April 2012.
Political offices
Preceded byJohan Castberg Norwegian Minister of Justice and the Police
1910–1912 		Succeeded byFredrik Stang
Legal offices
Preceded byKarenus Kristofer Thinn Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway
1920–1929 		Succeeded byPaal Berg


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