Ludvig Stoud Platou (28 March 1778 – 30 November 1833) was a Danish-Norwegian educator, historical and geographical writer, politician and State Secretary.
He was born inSlagelse,Denmark as a son of curate Friderich Christian Platou (1749–1815) and his wife Cathrine Stoud (1751–1824).[1] They had the sonsCarl Nicolai Stoud Platou andFrederik Christian Stoud Platou. Ludvig was grandfather ofLars,Valborg andOscar Ludvig Stoud Platou, and great-grandfather ofCarl Platou. He was also a granduncle ofGabriel Andreas Stoud Platou,Christian Emil Stoud Platou andWaldemar Stoud Platou.[2][3]
In May 1808 in Christiania he married Karen Lumholtz (1785–1833), a daughter ofdeanNicolai Lumholtz. Since the dean did not approve, the marriage was conducted clandestinely. The couple moved toOslo Ladegård in 1820, where he died in 1833.[1]
He studied at theUniversity of Copenhagen from 1795, and was a teacher atSchouboeske Institut from 1801. In 1803 he was hired as a teacher atChristiania Cathedral School in Norway, and from 1806 to 1813 he was a schoolmaster at the same school. However, he was also involved in numerous other tasks. From 1807 to 1809 he was a part-time teacher at theNorwegian Military Academy, and from 1808 to 1814 he edited the government's magazineBudstikken.[1] He co-founded theRoyal Norwegian Society of Development in 1809, and held positions here.[4] He published the textbookKortfattet Jordbeskrivelse for Borger- og Almueskoler in Denmark in 1803, which was reissued several times; the seventeenth and last reissue came in 1842. While working at Christiania Cathedral School he published the booksHistorisk Udsigt over Norges Skiebne i den syvaarige nordiske Krig in 1808,Geographie over Fædrelandene Danmark og Norge, for Ungdommen in 1809,Haandbog i Geographien, til Brug ved Skole-Underviisning in two volumes in 1809 and 1812, andUdtog af Geographien for Begyndere in 1810. The textbookUdtog af Geographien was reissued fifteen times in Norway (the last in 1862, by his son Carl Nicolai), and published in Sweden in 1832,Iceland in 1843 andGreenland in 1848.[1][5] He also served as editor of the journalHistorisk-philosophiske Samlinger (1811–1813).
In 1813 he was appointed as professor of history and statistics at theRoyal Frederick University in Christiania. However, he soon started working part-time at the university. In 1815 he was hired as secretary in the Fourth Ministry,[1] and in 1817 he became acting State Secretary forPoul Christian Holst. The position is now called Secretary to the Government, and has nothing to do with the present-dayState Secretary. He remained acting State Secretary until 1821, and held the position on a permanent basis from 1825 to 1833.[6] By that time he had served as aParliament of Norway member, representing the constituencyAkershus Amt for the year 1824.[7]
He published a Norwegian version of theHansard, for theNorwegian Constituent Assembly, in 1814. The two-volume work was calledDen Norske Rigs-Forsamlings Forhandlinger paa Eidsvold i Aaret 1814, and was published together withGeorg Sverdrup andChristopher Frimann Omsen. Platou then published the works ofEnevold de Falsen in 1821.Optegnelser for Aaret 1814 was published posthumously. He was a member of theNorwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1825 to his death. He was also a Knight of theOrder of the Dannebrog from 1812 andOrder of the Polar Star from 1817, and Commander of theOrder of Vasa from 1832.[1]
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