Heinrich Sahm

Heinrich Sahm
Sahm in 1931
President of the Senate of the Free City of Danzig
In office
6 December 1920 – 10 January 1931
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byErnst Ziehm
Mayor of Berlin
In office
14 April 1931 – 9 December 1935
Preceded byArthur Scholz
Succeeded byOskar Maretzky
German Ambassador to Norway
In office
11 May 1936 – 3 October 1939
Preceded byHeinrich Rohland
Succeeded byCurt Bräuer
Personal details
Born12 September 1877
Anklam, Province of Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died3 October 1939(1939-10-03) (aged 62)
Oslo, Norway
Political partyNazi Party
SpouseDorothea (Dora)
ProfessionLawyer, Politician, and Diplomat
Heinrich Sahm, Berlin 1932

Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Martin Sahm (12 September 1877 – 3 October 1939) was a German lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was the mayor of Danzig (today, Gdańsk) from 1919 and President of the Senate (head of government and chief of state) of the Free City of Danzig under League of Nations mandate from 1920 to 1931. Subsequently, he served as mayor of Berlin until 1935, and joined the Nazi Party in 1933. From 1936 until his death, Sahm served as the ambassador of the German Reich to Norway.