Haakon Ditlev Lowzow Explained

Office:Minister of Defence
Term Start:11 April 1908
Term End:20 August 1909
Primeminister:Gunnar Knudsen
Predecessor:Thomas Heftye
Successor:August Spørck
Birth Date:5 October 1854
Birth Place:Løten, Hedmark, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Death Place:Christiania, Norway
Spouse:Bolette Sophie Lowzow [1]
Party:Liberal
Allegiance: Norway
Branch: Norwegian Army
Serviceyears:1872 - 1915
Rank:Inspector-General of the Infantry

Haakon Ditlev Lowzow (5 October 1854 – 12 August 1915) was a Norwegian military officer and politician for the Liberal Party. He is best known as the Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1908 to 1909.

Personal life

Lowzow was born in Kristiania,[2] and came from a military background. His father was a lieutenant, his grandfather was a major general and his great-grandfather was a lieutenant general. Also, he was a granduncle of Carl Fredrik and Wenche Lowzow.[3]

Career

He became a military officer in 1872, and was promoted to premier lieutenant in 1887 and lieutenant colonel in 1904. On 11 April 1908, when the first cabinet Knudsen assumed office, he was appointed as the new Minister of Defence. He held this position until 19 August 1909, when he resigned. He later became major general of rank and Inspector-General of the Infantry. He died in August 1915.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Haakon Ditlef von Lowzow (1854-1915) . 7 October 2019 . 11 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Haakon Ditlev Lowzow. Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Norwegian. 8 April 2009.
  3. Encyclopedia: 2007. Lowzow. Store norske leksikon. Henriksen, Petter. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 8 April 2009.