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{{Short description|5th Prime Minister of Norway}}
{{about||his son|Emil Stang (jurist)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Emil Stang
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of Parliament#Norway|MP]]
| image = Emil Stang by Klem.png
| caption = Emil Stang
| order = [[Prime Minister of Norway]]
| monarch = [[Oscar II]]
| term_start =2 May 1893
| term_end = 14 October 1895
| predecessor = [[Johannes Steen]]
| successor = [[George Francis Hagerup|Francis Hagerup]]
| monarch1 = [[Oscar II]]
| term_start1 = 13 July 1889
| term_end1 =6 March 1891
| predecessor1 = [[Johan Sverdrup]]
| successor1 = Johannes Steen
| office2 = [[Ministry of Education and Research (Norway)|Minister of Education and Church Affairs]]
| term_start2= 27 April 1895
| term_end2= 14 October 1895
| primeminister2= ''Himself''
| predecessor2= [[Anton Christian Bang|Anton C. Bang]]
| successor2= [[Jakob Sverdrup (politician)|Jakob Sverdrup]]
| office3= [[Conservative Party (Norway)|Leader of the Conservative Party]]
| term_start3= 1896
| term_end3= 1899
| predecessor3= Christian H. Schweigaard
| successor3= Francis Hagerup
| term_start4= 1891
| term_end4= 1893
| predecessor4= Christian H. Schweigaard
| successor4= Christian H. Schweigaard
| term_start5= 1884
| term_end5= 1889
| predecessor5= ''Position established''
| successor5= [[Christian Homann Schweigaard|Christian H. Schweigaard]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1834|6|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Oslo|Christiania]], [[Union between Sweden and Norway|United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1912|7|4|1834|6|14}}
| death_place = [[Oslo|Christiania]], [[Norway]]
| nationality = [[Norway|Norwegian]]
| party = [[Conservative Party (Norway)|Conservative]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Adelaide Pauline Berg|July 12, 1865}}
| relations =
| children = [[Emil Stang (jurist)|Emil jr]] <br> [[Fredrik Stang|Fredrik]] <br> [[Augusta Stang|Augusta]]
| residence =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| profession = Lawyer
| signature =
| footnotes =
}}
{{Liberalism in Norway}}
'''Emil Stang''' (14 June 1834 – 4 July 1912) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] jurist and politician. He served as the [[prime minister of Norway]] from 1889–1891 and again from 1893–1895. He also served as the first leader of the [[Conservative Party of Norway|Conservative Party]] from 1884–1889, 1891–1893 and 1896–1899.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12748|title= Emil Stang, Biografier 1905-1945|publisher= Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste AS |access-date= June 10, 2016}}</ref>

==Biography==
Emil Stang was born and died in [[Oslo|Christiania]] (now Oslo, Norway). He was the son of former Prime Minister [[Frederik Stang]]. Stang became [[cand.jur.]] in 1858 and established his own legal practice in 1861. Starting that year he also took part in the editing of ''Ugeblad for Lovkyndighed'' ("Weekly magazine for Law knowledge"). From 1871 to 1907 he was the editor of ''[[Norsk Retstidende]]'' (the annals of Norwegian courts), except for the years when he was Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://snl.no/Emil_Stang%252Fden_eldre |title= Emil Stang – den eldre |publisher= Store norske leksikon |author= Magnus A. Mardal |access-date= June 10, 2016 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160419162752/https://snl.no/Emil_Stang/den_eldre |archive-date= 2016-04-19 }}</ref>

He was the first chairman of the Conservative Party from 1884–1889, and lead the party again 1891–1893, and again 1896–1899. He was Prime Minister from 1889 to 1891 and from 1893 to 1895. From 1889 to 1891 he was [[President of the Storting]]. In 1891 he was appointed judge at Kristiania Stiftsoverrett, however, he never acceded this office. He became [[presiding judge]] (''lagmann'') for [[Borgarting Court of Appeal|Borgarting]] and [[Agder Court of Appeal|Agder]] regional courts in 1895 and [[Supreme Court of Norway|Supreme Court]] Justice in 1901. He retired in 1904.
<ref>{{cite web|url= https://nbl.snl.no/Emil_Stang_-_2|title = Emil Stang – 2, Jurist, Politiker|publisher = Norsk biografisk leksikon|author=Paul Thyness|access-date= June 10, 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
In 1890, Stang was appointed as a Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of St. Olav]]. He was the father of [[Emil Stang d.y.|Emil Stang]] and [[Fredrik Stang]]. He died in [[Oslo|Christiania]].

==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://vestraat.net/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I95165&tree=IEA Family genealogy]

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{{succession box | before=[[Wollert Konow (SB)|Wollert Konow]], [[Sivert Andreas Nielsen (1823–1904)|Sivert A. Nielsen]], [[Johannes Steen]]| title=[[President of the Storting]] | years=1889–1891| after=[[Viggo Ullmann]], [[Sivert Andreas Nielsen (1823–1904)|Sivert A. Nielsen]]}}
{{succession box | before=[[Johan Sverdrup]]| title=[[List of Norwegian Prime Ministers|Prime Minister of Norway]] | years=1889–1891| after=[[Johannes Steen]]}}
{{succession box | before=[[Johannes Steen]]| title=[[List of Norwegian Prime Ministers|Prime Minister of Norway]] | years=1893–1895 | after=[[George Francis Hagerup]]}}
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