Jakob Krefting Bonnevie
Introduction


**Jakob Krefting Bonnevie** (1814–1881\) was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. He served as the [County Governor](/wiki/County_Governor_%28Norway%29 "County Governor (Norway)") of [Lister og Mandal](/wiki/Vest-Agder "Vest-Agder") county from 1871 until his death in 1881\.

Bonnevie was born on the large farm Falkensten in [Borre](/wiki/Borre_Municipality "Borre Municipality") in [Jarlsberg og Laurvig](/wiki/Vestfold "Vestfold") county. He was a student at the [Christiania Cathedral School](/wiki/Oslo_Cathedral_School "Oslo Cathedral School"), graduating in 1831\. He then went on to receive his [cand.jur.](/wiki/Cand.jur. "Cand.jur.") degree at the [Royal Frederick University](/wiki/Royal_Frederick_University "Royal Frederick University") in Christiania in 1836\.

Starting in 1837, Bonnevie worked at the [Ministry of Education and Church Affairs](/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_and_Research_%28Norway%29 "Ministry of Education and Research (Norway)") first as a copyist, later as a clerk and then in 1841 he was named a bureau chief within the ministry. In 1856, he got a position as a councilor in [Bergen](/wiki/Bergen "Bergen"). Five years later, in 1861, he moved to [Kristiansand](/wiki/Kristiansand_%28town%29 "Kristiansand (town)"), where he was [Burgomaster](/wiki/Burgomaster "Burgomaster") for ten years. In 1871, he was named [Diocesan Governor for Christianssand stiftamt](/wiki/Diocesan_Governor_of_Kristiansand "Diocesan Governor of Kristiansand") as well as [Lister og Mandals amt](/wiki/County_Governor_of_Vest-Agder "County Governor of Vest-Agder") (a subordinate county). He held those jobs until he died in 1881\.

In 1844 while he worked for the Ministry of Education and Church Affairs, Bonnevie was secretary of the committee that presented the [Dissenters](/wiki/Dissenter "Dissenter") Act which later became law. He also ran several times for a seat in the [Storting](/wiki/Storting "Storting"). He ran in 1856 for a seat in Bergen, and ran again in 1858, 1864, and 1867 to represent Kristiansand, but every time he ran, he ended up getting elected to a deputy seats, which meant he would only serve if the elected member had to resign, so he did not serve in any of those Parliaments. However, he was elected to the [Storting](/wiki/Storting "Storting") twice, the first time for the 1871–73 term and again for the 1874–76 term. Both times he was elected as a parliamentary representative for Kristiansand.

He was married to Betty Hermandine Dorothea Lorenzen.


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