Johannes Irgens
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| Born |
31 July 1869 Ås, Norway |
| Died | 29 December 1939 (aged 70) Oslo, Norway |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Occupation | Diplomat and foreign minister |
| Years active | 1892 - 1935 |
| Employer | Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Known for | Foreign minister of Norway |
| Home town | Oslo |
| Spouse(s) | Lilla Minda Marie Gulbranson |
| Children | Henrik Joachim Irgens, Carl Marcus Francis Irgens |
| Parent(s) | Marcus Fredrik Irgens (1839–76) and Julie Martine Nicoline Dyrgreen (1840–1906) |
Johannes Irgens was a Norwegian barrister, diplomat and politician, noted for his service as minister of foreign affairs of Norway from 1910 to 1913.
Irgens was born into the merchant and civil service family of Irgens, as a son of Marcus Fredrik Irgens (1839–1876) and Julie Martine Nicoline Dyrgreen (1840–1906). In November 1892 he married Lilla Minda Marie Gulbranson (1872–1938), a daughter of Carl August Gulbranson (1831–1910) and Minda Ramm Juell (1844–1913). Through this marriage, Irgens was a brother-in-law of Carl Gulbranson.
His father was docent at the Norwegian College of Agriculture, but died when Irgens was seven years old. Irgens moved with his mother to Kristiania, and he took the examen artium at Oslo Cathedral School in 1887. He graduated with a cand.jur. degree in law in 1892 at the Royal Frederick University. During his time as a student, he served as member and chair of the board for Norwegian Students' Society, editor of its newsletter, and was briefly at University of Oxford.
Irgens joined the Norwegian-Swedish diplomatic corps upon graduating from university in 1892, his initial posting as a diplomatic fellow in Bordeaux and then Antwerp. His fellowship was revoked in 1895 as a result of tension between Sweden and Norway about the use of consuls. He returned to Kristiania and took up work as an attorney. He advanced to barrister, earning the right to appear before the Supreme Court, in 1900.
He also served on an elect commission charged with exploring ways for Norway and Sweden to maintain separate consular offices while maintaining a common foreign policy. When the union was dissolved in 1905, Irgens immediately offered his services to the Norwegian government.
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