About Jacob Andreas Michelsen
Lived 1821 – 1902 (aged 80–81). Jacob Andreas Michelsen was a Norwegian politician and businessperson.
Jacob Andreas Michelsen (17 August 1821 – 12 October 1902) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician, also known as the father of Christian Michelsen.
He was the son of Tollach Michelsen, a manual labourer with roots in the Egersund district. Tollach's wife Madsi Magdalena Eide (died 1829) came from the same social background.
In June 1855 he married Caroline Sophie Ernstine Kjerschow. Christian Michelsen was named after Jacob's father-in-law, bishop Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow. wine grocerer and consul, He was elected from his city to the Norwegian Parliament in 1868 and 1871.
He died in 1902, three years before his son became prime minister.
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Who was Jacob Andreas Michelsen?
Norwegian politician
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Jacob Andreas Michelsen was born on 17 August 1821 in Bergen.
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Jacob Andreas Michelsen died in 1902 in Bergen.
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Jacob Andreas Michelsen was a politician and businessperson.
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Jacob Andreas Michelsen was Norwegian.
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