degree in 1873, and was hired as a teacher at the Botsfengselet prison the next year.

[1] In 1908, when the Liberal first cabinet Knudsen assumed office, Seip was appointed as Minister of Education and Church Affairs.

He was granted a leave of absence on 8 July 1909,[3] his place taken by acting Minister Knut Johannes Hougen.

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