Søren Anton Wilhelm Sørenssen

Søren Anton Wilhelm Sørenssen (22 August 1793 – 28 June 1853) was a Norwegian jurist and politician.

He led the impeachment cases against Jonas Collett in 1827 and Severin Løvenskiold in 1836.

[1] Sørenssen's 1833 proposal for constitutional freedom of religion led to the repeal of the Conventicle Act, banning religious gatherings outside of the Church of Norway, in 1842.

[2] He was the Norwegian Minister of Justice 1848–1850 and 1851–1853, and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm under Frederik Due 1850–1851.

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