About Christian Collett Kjerschow
Lived 1821 – 1889 (aged 67). Christian Collett Kjerschow was a Norwegian politician.
Christian Collett Hersleb Kjerschow (23 August 1821 – 10 April 1889) was a Norwegian politician.
He was born in Aker as the oldest son of bishop Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow (1786–1866) and his wife Johanne Benedicte Collett (1802–1851). His younger sister Caroline Sophie Erasmine Kjerschow married businessman Jacob Andreas Michelsen, and was the mother of Christian Michelsen. Christian Kjerschow was also a maternal grandson of mining director Christian Ancher Collett.
Christian Collett Kjerschow married Nancy Adelaide Esbensen. They had several children. In the 1902 census his family were registered with two servants. Their sons Peder and Karald and grandson Arild all became jurists.
Christian Collett Kjerschow was elected from the constituency Tromsø, Hammerfest, Vardø og Vadsø to the Norwegian Parliament in 1868. At that time he served as stipendiary magistrate and chief of police. He then served as County Governor of Tromsøe Amt from 1869 to 1889.
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Who was Christian Collett Kjerschow?
Norwegian politician (1821-1889)
When was Christian Collett Kjerschow born?
Christian Collett Kjerschow was born on 23 August 1821 in Aker.
When did Christian Collett Kjerschow die?
Christian Collett Kjerschow died on 10 April 1889 in Norway, Tromsø (city).
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Christian Collett Kjerschow was a politician.
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Christian Collett Kjerschow was Norwegian.
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