Sophus Christensen

Sophus Christensen (22 January 1848 – 24 January 1920) was a Norwegian military officer.

Personal life He was born in Sandefjord as a son of ship-owner and merchant Søren Lorents Christensen (1810–1862) and Othilie Juliane Kruge (1820–1903). He was a younger brother of physician and politician Julius Christensen and whaler Christen Christensen. Through the former he was a brother-in-law of Dorothea Christensen, and through the latter an uncle of Lars Christensen.

In 1894 he married physician's daughter Margrethe Castberg Ebbesen from Sandefjord. She was a daughter of mayor Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen. The couple settled in Langesund.

He was among the founders of the interest organization Norges Forsvarsforening in 1886, was active here, and wrote prolifically for the reconstruction and expansion of Norway's armed forces. Pieces include Om den norske Hærs Krigsdygtighed (1880), Nationen og Armeen (1898), Infanteriets øvelser og sagkyndigheden (1898), Legemsøvelser i folkeskolen (1900) and Forsvarets Genrejsning (1901). He became often referred to by the Norwegian labour movement, since he proposed budget increases that the labour movement thought too high.

He was decorated as a Commander of the Order of St. Olav and a Knight, Second Class of the Russian Order of St. Anna and the Order of Saint Stanislaus.