Frederik Gottschalk von Haxthausen | |
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| First Minister ofNorway | |
| In office 2 March 1814 – 20 August 1814 | |
| Monarch | Christian VIII of Denmark |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz |
| Minister of Finance of Norway | |
| In office 2 March 1814 – 20 August 1814 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Carsten Tank |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 July 1750 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 6 July 1825 (aged 74) |
| Spouse | Catharina von Oldenburg[1] |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  Norwegian Army |
| Commands | Akershus fortress |
| Battles/wars | Swedish–Norwegian War |
Frederik Gottschalk von Haxthausen (14 July 1750 – 6 July 1825) was aDanish-Norwegian army officer, councillor of state, cabinet member and Norway's first minister of finance.
Haxthausen was born inCopenhagen,Denmark. His father was major-general Frederik Gottschalck Haxthausen (1705–1770) and Juliane Dorothea von Haxthausen (1719–1790). He enrolled at the Army Cadet Academy ast the age of six. He becamefændrik in Prince Frederik's Regiment at the age of 11, became a junior lieutenant in 1763 and a senior lieutenant in 1881. He was sent to Norway in 1773 as a first lieutenant of Søndenfjeldske regiment, and rose to the rank of captain and company commander in 1779 and major in 1788. In 1789 he was appointedgeneralkrigskommissær, the officer in charge of national conscription, and in 1802 became the director of the War Academy (Krigsskolen). In 1806 he became the commanding officer ofAkershus fortress, a charge he held until 1814.He spent the years 1808–1810 in Denmark as head of the war commissariate, but retained nonetheless all of his Norwegian posts. Haxthausen had a major influence onPrince Christian Frederick asviceroy (stattholder) of Norway from 1813, joined the interim government of Christian Frederick in March 1814, and on 19 May 1814 he becameMinister of Finance in the first cabinet ofindependent Norway.
During theSwedish campaign against Norway in 1814 he served as a lieutenant general, but was wrongly accused of being a traitor, and on 19 August, 5 days after theConvention of Moss, his house and garden was attacked by a mob. Haxthausen had to flee the town and withdrew from all his positions. In 1816 animpeachment process cleared him.
After 1814, the Akershus fortress went out of operative military use, so that Haxthausen was the last operative commander of the fortress. He died inChristiania, 6 July 1825.
In 1879, a street ofOslo in theFrogner area close to his home was named after Haxthausen.
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