Background
He was born in Frederiksvern of customs inspector Hans Jokum Horn and Anna Grønbech Aas.
He was born in Frederiksvern of customs inspector Hans Jokum Horn and Anna Grønbech Aas.
University of Oslo.
Their daughter Dorothea was the mother of national housewives" leader Alette Nicolaysen. He finished his secondary education in 1855 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the candidate.jur. degree in 1860. After some years as an attorney, he became clerk in the Ministry of Church Affairs in 1864.
He advanced to assistant secretary in 1873 and deputy under-secretary in 1879.
In 1886 reached the pinnacle of his career as he was appointed as chief administrative officer of the third magistrate department in Kristiania Municipality, the capital city of Norway. He held the position from late 1886 to 1909 with the title burgomaster.
He was the capital"s highest-ranking civil servant responsible for education, libraries and church affairs He died in December 1921.