Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt
Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt ( born January 27, 1807 in Saint Thomas, † June 10, 1865 in Christiania ) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician.
His parents were Peter Motzfeldt the State Council (1777-1854) and his wife Ernesta Birgitte Margrethe Stenersen ( 1789-1848 ).
He was a highly respected lawyer and was a member of a politically influential family, whose policies tends to be characterized as " hard and stubborn " ( stri og sta Politisk family ).
He attended the Cathedral School in Christiania, who left in 1823. In his student days he belonged to the circle around Welhaven and Schweigaard, who called himself " Intelligensen " and had separated from the general student organization. He was co-editor of the newspaper Vidar and later the newspaper the Constitutionelle.
In 1826 he passed the state examination. He suggested a job as a university teacher on time and court clerk until he was in 1829, after a trial lecture lecturer at the University was. When appointing an ordinary chair at the University he was passed over because of King Charles Johann thought he was too young, which helped that his father resigned from the office of the State Council. In addition Motzfeld had published in the newspaper articles that were not in the sense of the king.
He married his first wife on July 3, 1830 Fredrikke Julie Nielsen (April 28, 1809 - February 4, 1837 ), daughter of the agent Jacob Nielsen ( 1768-1822 ) and Johanne Christiane Sophie Berg ( 1777-1866 ).
In 1834 he qualified as a professor in 1839 and professor. In the same year he became an associate assessor of the Supreme Court and in 1842 ordinary assessor. He and Frederik Stang have the independent Norwegian law laid the foundation for.
His second wife he married on May 6, 1841 Anna Pauline Georgine Birch (June 28, 1822 - November 2, 1891 ), daughter of Major General Paul Hansen Birch (probably Birch Reichenwald ) ( 1788-1863 ) and Anna Cathrine Hoffmann Stenersen ( 1791-1840 ).
In 1842 and from 1853 to 1860 he was mayor of Christiania. After an interruption from 1847 to 1852 as a District Judge ( Sorenskriver ) in Rakkestad he was re assessor of the Supreme Court until his death.
He was a member of a number of royal commissions and task of preparing important pieces of legislation: Freedom of religion ( Dissenterloven, 1843), the German Banking Act ( 1844 and 1846), Häusler Act ( Husmandsloven; 1850), Commission to examine the compatibility of the Jury Act with the Constitution (1859 ), the great church Commission ( 1859). Although he was against the Anglo-Saxon model of the jury in the criminal trial, which has been particularly challenged by Ole Gabriel Ueland, he settled in 1854 but the chairman of the parliamentary committee for a law to choose. The establishment of the Committee did not have the approval of the Government. In Lagting he spoke against the proposal worked out. In 1860 he sat in front of the royal Jury Law Commission. The jury was then introduced in 1887. He was 1848 Stortingsvertreter for Christiania and Lillehammer, 1851 Representative for Christiania and Smaalenene. He was also for 1862-1863 chosen, but beyond him to health, and he refused. He was President of the Storting in 1857 and 1858 and from 1859 to 1860 President of the Lagtings ..
He was a staunch conservative politician with a distanced relationship to Sweden and the Union. He hung the model of Scandinavianism of " Intelligensen " on: together outwardly, but free national development in the interior. So he brought in 1851 in the Storting the request for waiver of the Swedish governor office in the Constitution of Norway. The application was 1854, the necessary majority in the Storting, but did not get the necessary government approval. This led ultimately to the fact that his brother Ketil Motzfeld and his cousin and brother- Christian Birch - rich forests have withdrawn and Frederik Stang took over the government. Although he was against the Anglo-Saxon model of the jury in the criminal trial, he was still choose the chairman of the parliamentary committee for a law. The establishment of the Committee did not have the approval of the Government. In Lagting he spoke against the proposal worked out.
Ulrik Motzfeldt was from 1843 Member of " Det Norske Kongelige Videnskabers Selskab " and the " Videnskabs -Selskabet " ( Science Society ) in Christiania since its founding in 1857. He was in 1849 a Knight of the Order of St. Olav and in 1857 appointed its commander.
Works
- The norske Kirkeret (1844 ). ( The Norwegian Church law)
- Lovgivningen om Odelsretten above Aasædesretten (1846 ). ( The legislation in Odels and courtyards right )