Johan Richard Krogness was a Norwegian businessperson and politician.

He was born in Trondhjem

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

, took the examen artium

Examen artium

Examen artium was the name of the academic certification conferred in Denmark and Norway, qualifying the student for admission to university studies. Examen artium was originally introduced as the entrance exam of the University of Copenhagen in 1630...

 in 1835, but quit higher education after taking only one exam. He was a merchant in Trondhjem for some years before settling at the manor Karlslyst in Hommelvigen

Hommelvik

Hommelvik is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Malvik in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Hommelvika, a bay off of the Trondheimsfjord. It is about southwest of Muruvika, about southeast of Smiskaret, about east of Vikhammer,...

, where he was a ship-owner and ran a brickworks

Brickworks

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He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1854, and was re-elected in 1857, 1859, 1862, 1865, 1868 and 1871, representing the rural constituency of Søndre Trondhjems Amt

Sør-Trøndelag

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. He died in February 1872 from "weakness of the chest".

His half-sister Ingeborg Krogness was the mother of Erik Vullum

Erik Vullum

Erik Vullum was a Norwegian journalist, writer and politician for the Liberal Party.-Personal life:He was born in Lund as a son of vicar Olaus Vullum and his wife Ingeborg Krogness . He was a nephew of Johan Richard Krogness...

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