About Peter Arnoldus Petersen
Lived 1851 – 1916 (aged 65). Peter Arnoldus Petersen was a Norwegian businessperson.
Peter Arnoldus Petersen (21 March 1851 – 12 August 1916) was a Norwegian businessman.
He was born in Christiania as a son of a German father and Danish mother; merchant Johan Gottfried Schmidt and Frederikke Døderlein. Both his parents died in 1852, and he was adopted by his mother's sister, who was married to wealthy businessman Peter J. K. Petersen (1821–1896). He was a first cousin of Sigvart Petersen.
His adoptive father died in 1896, and Petersen inherited the family company Peter Petersen & Co and his father's title as consul general for the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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Who was Peter Arnoldus Petersen?
Norwegian businessman (1851–1916)
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Peter Arnoldus Petersen was born on 21 March 1851 in Oslo.
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Peter Arnoldus Petersen died on 12 August 1916.
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Peter Arnoldus Petersen was a businessperson.
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Peter Arnoldus Petersen was Norwegian.
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