Johan Frederik Schlegel

Johan Frederik Schlegel (22 January 1817, Copenhagen – 8 June 1896, Copenhagen) was a Danish lawyer and civil servant.

He was Governor-General of the Danish West Indies from 1855 to 1860, and Gehejmekonferensraad (Privy Counsellor) from 1860.

In 1873, he was elected to the Copenhagen City Council.

[1] He was married to Regine Olsen, who was formerly engaged to the philosopher and theologian Søren Kierkegaard.

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