Carl Johan Thyselius was a politician

Politician

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, state official (Swedish: ämbetsman), Supreme Court justice

Supreme Court of Sweden

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 (Swedish: justitieråd) 1856-60, "Church Minister" (comparable to Minister of Education, Swedish: ecklesiastikminister) 1860-63, Minister of the Civil Department (responsible for trade, industry and ship transport; Swedish: civilminister) 1875-80, and served as prime minister

Prime minister

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 from 1883 to 84.

In 1848 he married Charlotta Melart with whom he had a daughter.

Biography

Carl Johan Thyselius was born in Österhaninge

Österhaninge

Österhaninge is an urban area located within Haninge Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden. It is the birthplace of current Prime Minister of Sweden Fredrik Reinfeldt and hockey player Kristian Huselius....

, Södermanlands län, as
the son of the vicar and later bishop Pehr Thyselius and Christina
Margareta Bergsten.

Typical for his time, after an education in administration at Uppsala University

Uppsala University

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, he combined a
successful career in high level official positions with major political
assignments. He was among others justice to the Supreme Court
1856-1860, church minister 1860-1863, president of the
Kammarkollegium 1864-1875 and civilminister 1875-1880. After
Arvid Posse

Arvid Posse

Count Arvid Rutger Fredriksson Posse was the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1880 to 1883.Arvid Posse was born at Rosendal manor in Malmöhus County, as the son of Governor Count Fredrik Posse and Baroness Magdalena Charlotta Bennet. In 1835 he enrolled at Lund University, receiving a law degree in...

's resignation 1883 Thyselius reluctantly became prime
minister on request of Oscar II

Oscar II of Sweden

Oscar II , baptised Oscar Fredrik was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death and King of Norway from 1872 until 1905. The third son of King Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg, he was a descendant of Gustav I of Sweden through his mother.-Early life:At his birth in Stockholm, Oscar...

 for one year. In that way he was the first
commoner to become prime minister of Sweden.

He died on 11 January 1891 in Stockholm

Stockholm

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.

Trivia

Thyselius was Sweden's first prime minister not descended from the nobility and furthermore the oldest at that time, being 72 years old upon accession.

See also

• Prime Minister of Sweden
  Prime Minister of Sweden
  The Prime Minister is the head of government in the Kingdom of Sweden. Before the creation of the office of a Prime Minister in 1876, Sweden did not have a head of government separate from its head of state, namely the King, in whom the executive authority was vested...
  
  
• List of Swedish politicians