Arthur Sophus Nicolay Knagenhjelm (19 June 1866 – 1938) was a Norwegian barrister.

Personal life

He was born in Trondhjem as the son of Ludvig Wiese Knagenhjelm (1824–1907) and Selma Angelique Lousie Roll.Genealogical entry
for Arthur Sophus Nicolay Knagenhjelm The Knagenhjelm family had resided in Sogndal in recent times, and had been ennobled in 1721, then under the name ''Knagenhielm''. He was a brother of Lord Chamberlain

Jacob Roll Knagenhjelm Jacob Roll Knagenhjelm (1858 – 1932) was the Lord Chamberlain of King Haakon VII of Norway from 1925 to 1931 and a member of the Norwegian nobility. Personal life He was born in Trondhjem as the son of Ludvig Wiese Knagenhjelm (1824–1907) and S ...

. On the maternal side he was a grandson of mayor Jacob Roll and nephew of Oluf Nicolai Roll, Karl Jacob Roll and Ferdinand Nicolai Roll. He was married to Barbara Ihlen, a daughter of

Jacob Thurmann Ihlen Jacob Thurmann Ihlen (17 May 1833 – 10 October 1903) was a Norwegian barrister and politician for the Conservative Party. Personal life He was born in Holmestrand as the son of ship-owner Nils Ihlen (1793–1865) and Barbara Wincentz Thurmann ...

and Belgian citizen Ambrosine Pauline Rouquet; and also a first cousin of industrialists

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, Joakim and Alf Ihlen. He was a brother-in-law of Celina Ihlen, who was married to Christian Pierre Mathiesen. Arthur and Barbara had the son

Kai Knagenhjelm Kai Ludvig Jakob Knagenhjelm (28 August 1898 – 30 May 1987) was a Norwegian civil servant. Personal life He was born in Trondhjem as a son of barrister Arthur Knagenhjelm (1866–1938) and Barbara Ihlen (1870–1953). On the maternal side he wa ...

, a high-ranking bureaucrat who married into the Sverdrup Fearnley family.

Career

He finished his secondary education in 1884, and graduated with the

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degree in 1889. He was a deputy judge from 1889 to 1891, then a junior solicitor from 1892 to 1895, working in the

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. From 1895 he was a barrister with the right to work with

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cases. He chaired Kykkelsrudanlegget from 1899 to 1928 and Porsgrunds Elektrometallurgiske from 1918. He was a board member of Glommens Brukseierforening from 1903, Salomons Skofabrik from 1904,

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from 1906 to 1918,

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from 1916 to 1922, Freia Chocolade Fabrik from 1916, Odda Smelteverk from 1924; and a supervisory council member of Filharmonisk Selskap. He was the president of Alliance française in Norway from 1904 to 1920, and later an honorary member. He was also decorated as a Commandeur of the Legion of Honour and as an Officier d'Instruction Publique. He died in 1938 and was buried in Vestre gravlund.

References

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