Background
IRGENS, Johannes was born on July 31, 1869 in Aas, Norway. Son of late M. F. Irgens, Professor of Mineralogy, etc., Agricultural High School at Aas.
IRGENS, Johannes was born on July 31, 1869 in Aas, Norway. Son of late M. F. Irgens, Professor of Mineralogy, etc., Agricultural High School at Aas.
Studied at University of Christiania.
Consular service, Bordeaux and Antwerp, 1892-1895. Barrister, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Justice, Christiania, 1895-1905. Charge d’Affaires (ad int.), London, 1905.
Secretary of Legationiin London, 1906-1908. Norwegian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James, 1908-1910. Norwegian Minister for Foreign Affairs since 1910.
Spouse 1892, Lilia Minda,daughter of C. Gulbranson, Christiania.