Orla Lehmann

Peter Martin Orla Lehmann ( born May 15, 1810 in Copenhagen, † September 13, 1870 ) was a Danish lawyer and politician ( De National Liberals).

Orla Lehmann was the son of the Holstein Conference Council Martin Christian Gottlieb Lehmann (1775-1856) from Haselau at Uetersen. The home was German, but Orla grew up in a Danish context. Friends of the family were, inter alia, Adam Oehlenschläger (1779-1850), Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851), Anders Sandoe Oersted (1778-1860) and later Jens Immanuel Baggesen ( 1764-1826 ).

1833 Lehmann made ​​his law degree ( cand jur. ) And was co-founder in 1839 of the National Liberal newspaper Fædrelandet. In 1842, he was sentenced as a publicist to three months in prison after he criticized absolutism.

In the 1840s Lehmann was one of the leaders of the effort to combine the liberal movement with his Eider policy and the interests of the farmers. He was co-founder in 1846 of the Bond Even Nernes Selskab (the "Company the farmer friends "). Lehmann was also a champion of Scandinavianism.

During the March Revolution in 1848 in Denmark Lehmann played a prominent role in the abolition of absolutism and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy. In " March Ministry " he From March bis November 1848 Minister without Portfolio.

Lehmann played an important role in the development of the Danish Constitution of 1849, by linguistically and legally revised the design of DG Monrad.

1851-53 Lehmann was elected to the Folketing and 1854-1870 of the country Stings. 1861 to 1863 he was Minister of the Interior of Denmark and worked out as such large parts of the November Constitution of 1863, which should be the trigger for the German -Danish War of 1864.