Rolf Olsen (politician)
{{Short description|Norwegian politician and playwright}}
Rolf Olsen (13 February 1818 – 7 June 1864) was a Norwegian politician and playwright.[http://www.snl.no/Rolf_Olsen/stortingsmann Rolf Olsen – stortingsmann (Store norske leksikon)]
Biography
Rolf Olsen was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Andreas Schram Olsen (1791–1841), the bailiff (byfogd) of Bergen. He was a student in Skien and earned a Candidatus juris in 1842. In 1846, he was employed as a clerk in the Interior Ministry until 1852. He also worked as a journalist, especially for Morgenbladet, where he was an editor from 1848. Between 1840 and 1850, he wrote several plays including both tragedies and comedies.[http://ask.bibsys.no/ask/action/result?cmd=&kilde=biblio&fid=forfatter&term=Olsen%2C+Rolf+1818-1864&op=and&fid=bd&term=&arstall=&sortering=sortdate&treffPrSide=50 List of publications in BIBSYS]
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1854, 1857, 1859 and 1862, representing the constituency of Østerrisøer in Nedenes county, Norway.[http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12278 Rolf Olsen] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) In 1863, he was appointed as a judge in Gauldalen, but died the following year.
Selected works
- {{Lang|no|Den sidste viking}} (1840)
- {{Lang|no|Salonen eller Intrigen i Kræmmerhuset}} (1848)
- {{Lang|no|Kontrolløren, eller Eventyr paa Landet}} (1849)
- {{Lang|no|Tolvte ordentlige Storting}} (1850)
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Category:Aust-Agder politicians
Category:19th-century Norwegian writers
Category:19th-century Norwegian dramatists and playwrights
Category:Norwegian male dramatists and playwrights
Category:Members of the Storting 1862–1864
Category:Members of the Storting 1857–1858
Category:Members of the Storting 1854–1856
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