Famous People with Name Selmer

Christian August Selmer            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Christian August Selmer: was a Norwegian politician who served as a member of the Norwegian parliament, minister of defense, minister of justice, and prime minister. He was the second prime minister to serve in Christiania.

Ragnhild Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Ragnhild Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer: was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party. In 1965 she was appointed Minister of Justice and the Police as a part of the centre-right cabinet of Per Borten, as the first woman to hold this position. She left the Minister of Justice position on 3 October 1970, when replaced by Egil Endresen. She then served as a Supreme Court Justice from 1971 to 1990, having been appointed in 1970. Schweigaard Selmer was a member of many boards and councils. She was vice president of the Norse Federation from 1975 to 1978, and a long-time board member. She also sat on the boards of Oslo City Museum, the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History and Norway's Resistance Museum. A Riksmål proponent, she was a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature. She was proclaimed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1980, and has the Defence Medal 1940 – 1945.