Hans Thomas Knudtzon

Hans Thomas Knudtzon
Hans Thomas Knudtzon
Governor of Aust-Agder
	In office; 1917–1921
Personal details
Born	18 December 1857; Trondheim, Norway
Died	21 August 1921 (aged 63); Arendal, Norway
Citizenship	Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Profession	Politician

Hans Thomas Knudtzon (1857-1921) was a Norwegian lawyer and civil servant. He served as the County Governor of Aust-Agder county from 1917 until his death in 1921.[1]

He graduated with a degree in law in 1880. After this, he worked from 1881 as a attorney with the magistrate judge's office in Numedal and Sandsvær. Then for the Ministry of the Interior and at the Akershus County Office under County Governor Johan Christian Collett. He worked as a court prosecutor in Akershus county in 1889, and then worked as a prosecutor in Follo and Drøbak in 1890. In 1892, he was the police prosecutor in Aker and Follo, and he was appointed as a police inspector for the Aker police in 1893.

In 1896, he was appointed mayor of Kristiansand and took office in April 1897. He held this office of Borgermester until 1917. In 1917, he was appointed to be the County Governor of Aust-Agder, a post which he held til his death in 1921.

References

Berg, Ole T., ed. (13 June 2016). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

Government offices
Preceded by Sven Aarrestad	County Governor of Aust-Agder 1917–1921 The title was County Governor of Nedenæs amt from 1917-1919.	Succeeded by Jonas Pedersen

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[snl4-1] Berg, Ole T., ed. (13 June 2016). "Fylkesmenn og amtmenn (stiftamtmenn) siden 1671". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 November 2020.