Christen Knudsen, Jr.

Christen Knudsen (17 December 1873 – 1964) was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician for the Conservative Party and later Nasjonal Samling.

Personal life He was born at Frednes in Porsgrunn as a son of ship-owner Jørgen Christian Knudsen (1843–1922) and Marie Henriette Resch (1846–1925). He was a brother of Finn Christian Knudsen, grandson of Christen Knudsen, nephew of Prime Minister Gunnar Knudsen and Johan Jeremiassen.

He was married to Lavinia Laura Franklin and had several children, among them Harald Franklin Knudsen.

Career After middle school in 1889 he travelled abroad to learn foreign languages until 1890. He spent time in England, Scotland, Germany, France and the Mediterranean. He then worked in his father's shipping company from 1890. When his father died in 1922, the company was passed on to Christen and his brother Finn. He was also consul for the United Kingdom in Skiensfjorden from 1910 to 1940. He translated books from English and French, and published a lexicon for merchantry and shipping (a re-issue of a work by C. F. Berg) in 1909. He chaired the supervisory council of AS Borgestad, Porsgrunds Sparebank and Porsgrunds Handelsbank. chairing the local branch in Porsgrunn from 1912 to 1934. He also co-founded the shooting association Porsgrunn Skytterlag, and was further involved in sports as chair of the club Porsgrunds IF from 1900 to 1903 and co-founder of the association football club Porsgrunds FK.