Christian Bendz Kielland (29 October 1858 – 29 May 1934) was a Norwegian civil servant.

Personal life

He was born in

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to Jacob Kielland and his wife Thora Margrethe (1827–1902), née Bendz.Christian Bendz Kielland genealogy
/ref> His grandfather was Jacob Kielland, his uncle

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and his cousins Kitty Lange and

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. Jonas Schancke Kielland had three older brothers, one older sister and one younger brother. One of the older brothers, also named Christian Bendz Kielland, lived only from 1851 to 1855. His brother

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became a diplomat, and the younger brother

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became a politician. Christian Bendz Kielland married Cäcilie Wilhelmine Catharine Kopp (1868-1925), a

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from

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, in 1893. The couple had one son and two daughters.Cäcilie Wilhelmine Catharine Kielland genealogy
/ref>

Career

He enrolled in law studies in 1877, and graduated as

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in 1882. He was hired in the

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in 1883, became assistant secretary in 1898 and deputy under-secretary of State (third in rank behind the

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and the State Secretary) in 1900. He retired in 1915.

References

1858 births 1934 deaths Norwegian civil servants People from Horten {{Norway-gov-bio-stub