Johan Albrigt Rivertz Explained

Johan Albrigt Rivertz
Birth Date:14 August 1874
Birth Place:Korgen, Norway
Death Place:Oslo, Norway
Citizenship:Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Profession:Politician, judge
Office:Governor of Finnmark
Term Start:1912
Term End:1921
Predecessor:Andreas Tostrup Urbye
Successor:Hagbarth Lund
Office2:Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway
Term Start2:1922
Term End2:19??

Johan Albrigt Rivertz (14 August 1874  - 14 January 1942) was a county governor of Finnmark county and later a judge on the Supreme Court of Norway.

Personal life

Johan Albrigt Rivertz was born in Korgen in Nordland county, Norway. He was born to the teacher and farmer Ivar Rivertz and his wife Jonella Pernille Jakobsen. Rivertz married Maria Midelfart in 1899.

Rivertz died on 14 January 1942 in Oslo.

Education and career

Rivertz graduated with a cand.jur. degree in 1896, and was appointed to a post at the Norwegian Ministry of Justice in 1899. He later served as County Governor of Finnmark from 1912 to 1921. He was named as a Supreme Court Justice in 1922.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: 1930. Rivertz, Johan Albrigth . . Hjalmar Steenstrup . Steenstrup . Hjalmar . Aschehoug. Oslo . 350. Norwegian. 20 September 2016.