Carl Siegfried Bonnevie (19 December 1804 – 13 October 1856) was a Norwegian naval officer. He was born on Falkensten farm near

Horten is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway—located along the Oslofjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. The municipality also includes the town of Åsgårdstrand an ...

as the son of Tørris Bonnevie and Sophie Amalie Schlegel. He was a grandson of

Honoratus Bonnevie Honoratus Bonnevie (5 December 1726 – 8 November 1811) was a Norwegian physician. He was born in Odense, Denmark as the son of Honoré Bonnevie and his wife Boel Corneliusdatter. His mother hailed from Svelvik, Norway whereas his father hailed f ...

, and his great-grandfather had migrated to Norway from

Antibes Antibes (, also , ; oc, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal, Antíbol) is a coastal city in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department of southeastern France, on the French Riviera, Côte d'Azur between Cannes and Nice. The town of ...

, France around 1700. He was also a nephew of

Andreas Bonnevie Andreas Bonnevie (6 March 1782 – 10 April 1833) was a Norwegian priest and politician. He was born in Mandal as the son of physician Honoratus Bonnevie and his second wife Kathrine Tørrisdatter. His grandfather had migrated to Norway from Antib ...

and first cousin of politician

. He took his naval education at Frederiksvern, and became an officer in 1821. In the

Royal Norwegian Navy The Royal Norwegian Navy ( no, Sjøforsvaret, , Sea defence) is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations of Norway. , the Royal Norwegian Navy consists of approximately 3,700 personnel (9,450 in mobilized state, 3 ...

he was promoted to Premier Lieutenant in 1832, Lieutenant Captain in 1945 and Captain in 1856, though he spent the years 1841 to 1849 in

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. He was a notable debater within the circle of higher officers, founding and editing the magazine ''Magazin for Søvæsen''. He died in October 1856 in

when a cannon exploded.

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1804 births 1856 deaths Royal Norwegian Navy personnel Norwegian magazine editors People from Horten Norwegian expatriates in India Norwegian people of French descent 19th-century Norwegian journalists Male journalists 19th-century Norwegian writers 19th-century Norwegian male writers Bonnevie family {{Norway-mil-bio-stub