Edvard Hans Hoff

Edvard Hans Hoff
Minister of Defence
In office
13 July 1889 – 6 March 1891
Prime MinisterEmil Stang
Preceded byJohan Sverdrup
Succeeded byPeter T. Holst
Personal details
Born(1838-04-11)11 April 1838
Bergen, Hordaland, Sweden-Norway
Died7 June 1933(1933-06-07) (aged 95)
Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
PartyConservative

Edvard Hans Hoff (11 April 1838 – 7 June 1933) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was Minister of Defence from 1889 to 1891. Hoff was military officer, and was promoted to Lieutenant General (generalløytnant) in 1905. He wrote the first bridge manual in Norway in 1907, titled Bridge - Spillets love, regler og etikette ("Bridge - the Laws, Rules and Etiquette of the game").

References

  1. ↑ "Register of Persons "Norway's Governments since 1814"". Government.no. Retrieved 2011-05-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ Mardal, Magnus A. "Edvard Hans Hoff" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 2011-05-28.


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