| Office: | 7th Prime Minister of Norway |
| Term Start: | 22 October 1903 |
| Term End: | 11 March 1905 |
| Predecessor: | Otto Blehr |
| Successor: | Christian Michelsen |
| Monarch2: | Oscar II |
| Term Start2: | 14 October 1895 |
| Term End2: | 17 February 1898 |
| Predecessor2: | Emil Stang |
| Successor2: | Johannes Steen |
| Office3: | Minister of Justice |
| Term Start3: | 22 October 1903 |
| Term End3: | 11 March 1905 |
| Primeminister3: | Himself |
| Predecessor3: | Søren T. Årstad |
| Successor3: | Christian Michelsen |
| Term Start4: | 14 October 1895 |
| Term End4: | 15 August 1897 |
| Primeminister4: | Himself |
| Predecessor4: | Ernst Motzfeldt |
| Successor4: | Harald Smedal |
| Term Start5: | 2 May 1893 |
| Term End5: | 15 July 1894 |
| Primeminister5: | Emil Stang |
| Predecessor5: | Ole Anton Qvam |
| Successor5: | Ernst Motzfeldt |
| Office6: | Minister of Finance |
| Term Start6: | 9 August 1895 |
| Term End6: | 14 October 1895 |
| Primeminister6: | Emil Stang |
| Predecessor6: | Ole Furu |
| Successor6: | Fredrik Stang Lund |
| Office7: | Minister of Auditing |
| Term Start7: | 15 August 1897 |
| Term End7: | 17 February 1898 |
| Primeminister7: | Himself |
| Predecessor7: | Harald Smedal |
| Successor7: | Johannes Steen |
| Office8: | Member of the Council of State Division |
| Term Start8: | 15 July 1894 |
| Term End8: | 9 August 1895 |
| Alongside8: | Wilhelm Olssøn and Anton C. Bang |
| Primeminister8: | Emil Stang |
| Predecessor8: | Ernst Motzfeldt Johannes W. Harbitz |
| Successor8: | Ole Furu |
| Office9: | President of the Storting |
| Term Start9: | 1 January 1903 |
| Term End9: | 31 December 1906 |
| Monarch9: | Oscar II |
| Primeminister9: | Otto Blehr Himself Christian Michelsen |
| Alongside9: | Johan Thorne and Carl Berner |
| Predecessor9: | Edvard Liljedahl Carl Berner |
| Successor9: | Edvard Liljedahl Gunnar Knudsen Carl Berner |
| Office10: | Leader of the Conservative Party |
| Term Start10: | 1899 |
| Term End10: | 1902 |
| Predecessor10: | Emil Stang |
| Successor10: | Ole L. Skattebøl |
| Birth Name: | George Francis Hagerup |
| Birth Date: | 22 January 1853 |
| Birth Place: | Horten, Vestfold, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway |
| Death Place: | Kristiania, Norway |
| Occupation: | Lawyer Politician Diplomat |
| Party: | Conservative |
George Francis Hagerup (22 January 1853 – 8 February 1921) was a Norwegian law professor, diplomat, politician for the Conservative Party and women's rights advocate. He was the 7th prime minister of Norway from 1895 to 1898 and from 1903 to 1905, and leader of the Conservative Party from 1899 to 1902. As a legal scholar, he is known for his contributions to the development of public international law, and was chairman of the Institut de Droit International.[1] [2] [3] He was his party's most active supporter of women's suffrage, and was a co-founder, board member and honorary member of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.
Francis Hagerup grew up at Horten in Vestfold, Norway. He was a son of admiral and cabinet minister Henrik Steffens Hagerup (1806–1859) and Nicoline Christine Jenssen (1808–1862). He graduated with the cand.jur. degree at the Royal Frederick University in 1876, received a grant to study abroad, and became a research fellow at the Royal Frederick University in 1879. He obtained the dr.juris degree in 1885, and was professor of law at the Royal Frederick University from 1887 to 1906. He was minister of justice in the Second cabinet Stang from 2 May 1893 to 14 October 1895. In August 1895 he was Finance minister. He was a member of the Storting from 1901 to 1906.[1]
He served as Prime Minister of Norway for two terms. First from October 14, 1895; secondly from October 22, 1903. In social policy, Hagerup's time as Prime Minister saw the passage of a child care law in 1896 that increased the power of local authorities and courts over neglected and abused children. Following his two bouts as Prime Minister, he served as ambassador to Copenhagen, The Hague, and Brussels. From 1916 he was ambassador in Stockholm.[4] [5]
Hagerup was passionately involved in the development of public international law. From 1897 he was member of the Institut de Droit International, of which he became the chairman in 1912. In 1907 he headed the Norwegian delegation at the second peace conference in The Hague. He was also delegate at international conferences regarding admiralty law. In 1920 he led the Norwegian delegation when the League of Nations convened for the first time in Geneva. The same year he was elected to the Law committee under the League council. In 1888, he founded Tidsskrift for Retsvidenskab (Journal of Jurisprudence), and served as its editor until his death.[6]
Hagerup was also member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1 January 1907 until his death in 1921.[7]
Hagerup was the most prominent Conservative Party politician to support women's suffrage and was active in the women's rights movement. In 1884 he was a co-founder of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights[8] and he was also a member of the first board of the association.[9] In 1914 he became an honorary member of the association.[10]
He was married in 1880 to Frederikke Dorothea Bødtker (1853-1919). He died in Kristiania (now Oslo) and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund.