Henrich Herman Foss
2nd Mayor of Oslo
Assumed office
1838
Preceded byAndreas Tofte
Personal details
Born17 September 1790
Bergen
Died21 September 1853(1853-09-21) (aged 63)
Aker, Norway

Henrich Herman Mejer Foss (17 September 1790 – 21 September 1853) was a Norwegian military officer and elected official.[1]

Biography

He was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of Jacob Finne Foss (1763-1822) and Margrethe Meyer (born 1763). He completed artillery exams in Copenhagen during 1811. He participated in the Gunboat War as artillery officer. In 1830 he became the military officer of charge in Christiania (now Oslo). In 1843 he became major and later colonel lieutenant and battalion chief. He eventually rose to lieutenant colonel in the Norwegian Army, a rank he acquired in 1843. [2]

Foss was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1827 from the constituency Bergen, in 1830 from Moss, and from Christiania in 1833, 1836, 1839, 1842 and 1845. Foss was a member of the Norwegian-Swedish Union Committee (1841-44). He was a minister of government in the Ministry of Marine Affairs (1845-48) [1] He was mayor of Christiania in 1838, 1840 and 1841. [3]

Foss authored several publications, including Bergens Beskrivelse in 1824 (with Lyder Sagen), publications on politics as well as songs. Some of the songs were intended to celebrate the Norwegian Constitution Day, of which Foss was a proponent.[4] He also proposed a Norwegian civil ensign during the personal union with Sweden.[5]

Streets have been named after him in Bergen and Kongsberg as well as Herman Foss' gate in the district of St. Hanshaugen in Oslo. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Henrik Herman Foss" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  2. ↑ Knut Dørum. "Herman Heinrich Mejer Foss". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Ordførere i Christiania/Kristiania/Oslo". Oslo byleksikon (4 ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 318. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.
  4. ↑ List of publications Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine in BIBSYS
  5. ↑ Roald Berg. "Herman Foss". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Herman Foss". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
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