Livius Smitt
Livius Smitt (8 October 1840 – 4 March 1890) was a Norwegian jurist and politician, joining the Conservative Party in 1884.
Born in Vinje, he moved to Førde where he served as a barrister from 1867 ti 1881, and as major from 1874 to 1881. He was one of the founders of the newspaper in 1872 and Florø Træplantningsselskab. There is a street named for him in the town. He sat as a deputy member of the Parliament of Norway from 1877 to 1879 and then as a regular representative from 1880 to 1882. He then moved to Brevik where he also was elected as a parliamentarian. He turned down a seat in .[1] During the late 1880s, Smitt was one of the main proponents of the Brevik Line, but died before Parliament passed the line in 1892.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Livius Smitt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ Sørensen, Johnny (1995). "Breviksbanen". Årbok (in Norwegian). Brevik: Brevik historielag: 10. ISSN 0333-1377.
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