Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg
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Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg was a prominent early 19th-century Norwegian statesman and nobleman who played a key role in the country’s political and economic development after the union with Sweden.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg canonical | 3 |
| Herman Wedel Jarlsberg | 1 |
| Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6191732 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg Context triple: [Minister of Finance (Norway), firstHolder, Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg]
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A.
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg was a Norwegian diplomat and nobleman who played a significant role in Norway’s foreign service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Erling Wikborg
Erling Wikborg was a Norwegian lawyer and politician best known as a leading figure in Christian democratic politics and an early architect of Norway’s postwar Christian Democratic movement.
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C.
Henning Rudolf Horn af Rantzien
Henning Rudolf Horn af Rantzien was a Swedish military commander and nobleman active during the Great Northern War in the early 18th century.
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D.
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen was a prominent Norwegian statesman and jurist often called the "father of the Norwegian Constitution" for his leading role in shaping Norway’s independence in 1814.
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E.
Gustav Juel Wiik
Gustav Juel Wiik was a Norwegian sailor and polar explorer who served as a crew member on Roald Amundsen’s historic Gjøa expedition, the first successful navigation of the Northwest Passage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg Target entity description: Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg was a prominent early 19th-century Norwegian statesman and nobleman who played a key role in the country’s political and economic development after the union with Sweden.
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A.
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg was a Norwegian diplomat and nobleman who played a significant role in Norway’s foreign service in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Erling Wikborg
Erling Wikborg was a Norwegian lawyer and politician best known as a leading figure in Christian democratic politics and an early architect of Norway’s postwar Christian Democratic movement.
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C.
Henning Rudolf Horn af Rantzien
Henning Rudolf Horn af Rantzien was a Swedish military commander and nobleman active during the Great Northern War in the early 18th century.
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D.
Christian Magnus Falsen
Christian Magnus Falsen was a prominent Norwegian statesman and jurist often called the "father of the Norwegian Constitution" for his leading role in shaping Norway’s independence in 1814.
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E.
Gustav Juel Wiik
Gustav Juel Wiik was a Norwegian sailor and polar explorer who served as a crew member on Roald Amundsen’s historic Gjøa expedition, the first successful navigation of the Northwest Passage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norwegian statesman
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human ⓘ nobleman ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Oslo Cathedral ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Norway ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1779-09-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1840-08-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Copenhagen ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Wedel-Jarlsberg ⓘ |
| father | Frederik Anton Wedel Jarlsberg ⓘ |
| fullName | Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg ⓘ |
| givenName | Johan ⓘ |
| hasNationality | Norwegian ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of closer ties with Sweden
ⓘ
influencing Norway’s economic policy in the early 19th century ⓘ leading role in Norwegian politics after 1814 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Danish
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French ⓘ Norwegian ⓘ |
| memberOfNobleFamily |
Wedel-Jarlsberg family
ⓘ
linked to:
Wedel Jarlsberg family
|
| mother | Catharina Storm ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | Count ⓘ |
| notableWork | contribution to the framing and implementation of Norway’s post-1814 economic policy ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
ⓘ
landowner ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll
ⓘ
linked to:
Constituent Assembly of Norway in 1814
|
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of France
ⓘ
Montpellier ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Aker
ⓘ
Norway ⓘ Vækerø ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | unionist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Count of Jarlsberg
ⓘ
linked to:
Wedel-Jarlsberg
County Governor of Buskerud ⓘ County Governor of Jarlsberg og Laurvigs amt ⓘ Governor-general of Norway ⓘ Member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm ⓘ President of the Storting ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| represented |
Jarlsberg og Laurvigs amt at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly
ⓘ
linked to:
Constituent Assembly of Norway in 1814
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| residence |
Christiania
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Jarlsberg Manor ⓘ |
| roleInEvent | delegate at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Hedvig Elisabeth Anker ⓘ |
| supported | union between Norway and Sweden in 1814 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg Description of subject: Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg was a prominent early 19th-century Norwegian statesman and nobleman who played a key role in the country’s political and economic development after the union with Sweden.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg
linked to: Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg