# Harald Bothner

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{{Short description|Norwegian politician (1850–1924)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image           = Harald_Bothner.jpg
| office          = [County Governor of Sør-Trøndelag](/source/List_of_County_Governors_of_S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag)
| term_start      = 1 November 1907
| term_end        = 30 June 1921
| monarch         = [Haakon VII](/source/Haakon_VII_of_Norway)
| prime_minister  = [Jørgen Løvland](/source/J%C3%B8rgen_L%C3%B8vland) <br> [Gunnar Knudsen](/source/Gunnar_Knudsen) <br> [Wollert Konow](/source/Wollert_Konow_(Prime_Minister_of_Norway)) <br> [Jens Bratlie](/source/Jens_Bratlie) <br> [Otto B. Halvorsen](/source/Otto_Bahr_Halvorsen) <br> [Otto Blehr](/source/Otto_Blehr)
| predecessor     = [Lars O. R. Grundt](/source/Lars_Otto_Roll_Grundt)
| successor       = [Odd Klingenberg](/source/Odd_Sverress%C3%B8n_Klingenberg)
| office2         = [Minister of Justice](/source/Minister_of_Justice_and_Public_Security)
| term_start2     = 27 November 1905
| term_end2       = 23 October 1907
| prime_minister2 = [Christian Michelsen](/source/Christian_Michelsen)
| predecessor2    = [Edvard H. Bull](/source/Edvard_Hagerup_Bull)
| successor2      = [Johan Bredal](/source/Johan_Olaf_Bredal)
| office3         = [Minister of Auditing](/source/Minister_of_Auditing)
| term_start3     = 7 June 1905
| term_end3       = 27 November 1905
| prime_minister3 = Christian Michelsen
| predecessor3    = Gunnar Knudsen
| successor3      = Christian Michelsen
| office4         = Member of the Council of State Division
| term_start4     = 11 March 1905
| term_end4       = 7 June 1905
| alongside4      = Edvard H. Bull
| prime_minister4 = Christian Michelsen
| predecessor4    = [Birger Kildal](/source/Birger_Kildal) <br> [Jacob Schøning](/source/Jacob_Marius_Sch%C3%B8ning)
| successor4      = ''Position abolished''
| office5         = [Member of the Norwegian Parliament](/source/Storting)
| term_start5     = 1 January 1903
| term_end5       = 31 December 1906
| constituency5   = [Nordre Trondhjem](/source/Nord-Tr%C3%B8ndelag)
| birth_date      = {{birth date|1850|11|30|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [Fredrikshald](/source/Halden), [Østfold](/source/%C3%98stfold), [Sweden-Norway](/source/Sweden-Norway)
| death_date      = {{Death date and age|1924|10|24|1850|11|30|df=y}}
| death_place     =
| party           = [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_(Norway)) 
}}
'''Harald Bothner''' (30 November 1850 – 24 October 1924) was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) politician for the [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_(Norway)), born in [Halden](/source/Halden).<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Harald Bothner|encyclopedia=[Store norske leksikon](/source/Store_norske_leksikon)|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|editor=Henriksen, Petter|url=http://www.snl.no/Harald_Bothner|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2010-05-19}}</ref> He was a district stipendiary [magistrate](/source/magistrate) by profession.<ref name=B>{{cite web|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/alphabetical-register/b.html?id=410100|title=Det norske statsråd 1814-: III Personer 1814-|publisher=Government.no|accessdate=2010-05-19}}</ref> From 1878 to 1880 he worked as a solicitor in [Sarpsborg](/source/Sarpsborg), before moving to [Halden](/source/Halden). Bothner became a [District Attorney](/source/District_Attorney) in [Stavanger](/source/Stavanger) in 1889, and a judge in Stjør- og Verdal [district court](/source/district_court_(Norway)) in 1896.<ref name=snl/> He entered into national politics in 1903, when he was elected a member of the Norwegian [parliament](/source/Storting) for northern [Trondheim](/source/Trondheim) for the period 1903–06.<ref name=snl/> Bothner was appointed member of the Council of State Division in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm) in 1905, and served as Minister of Auditing later the same year.<ref name=B/> On 27 November 1905 he was made [Minister of Justice](/source/Minister_of_Justice_and_the_Police_(Norway)) in the [coalition government](/source/Michelsen's_Cabinet) of [Christian Michelsen](/source/Christian_Michelsen), a position he held until the cabinet's dissolution in 1907.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/during-and-after-the-dissolution-of-the-/ministries-1905---1940/ministries-1905---1940/christian-michelsens-government-1905---1.html?id=507098|title=Christian Michelsen's Government|publisher=Government.no|accessdate=2010-05-19}}</ref> After retiring from the government he was [County Governor of Sør-Trøndelag](/source/List_of_County_Governors_of_S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag) until 1921.<ref name=snl/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last=Bothner|first=Harald|editor=Harald Hals|title=Dagbøker fra 1905 ''(Diaries from 1905)''|year=1987|publisher=Tapir|location=Trondhjem|isbn=82-519-0804-3}}

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{{s-bef|before = [Edvard Hagerup Bull](/source/Edvard_Hagerup_Bull)}}
{{s-ttl|title  = [Minister of Justice and the Police](/source/Minister_of_Justice_and_the_Police_(Norway))|years=November 1905&ndash;October 1907}}
{{s-aft|after  = [Johan Olaf Bredal](/source/Johan_Olaf_Bredal)}}
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{{s-bef|before = [Lars Otto Roll Grundt](/source/Lars_Otto_Roll_Grundt)}}
{{s-ttl|title  = [County Governor of Søndre Trondhjem](/source/List_of_County_Governors_of_S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag)|years=1907&ndash;1921<br /><small>(County re-named Sør-Trøndelag in 1919)</small>}}
{{s-aft|after  = [Odd Sverressøn Klingenberg](/source/Odd_Sverress%C3%B8n_Klingenberg)}}
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Category:1850 births
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Category:Government ministers of Norway
Category:Members of the Storting 1904–1906
Category:Ministers of justice of Norway
Category:Politicians from Halden

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