Christian Hansen Wollnick (8 October 1867 – 27 March 1936) was a Norwegian newspaper editor, jurist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

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as the son of a

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. He took his

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in 1885 and worked one year as a school teacher in

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. He then embarked on several parallel careers; he enrolled in the military, studied law parallel and pursued a journalistic career. As a military officer he reached the ranks of Premier Lieutenant in 1894 and Captain in 1903. He had started early as a journalist, and edited the newspaper ''

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'' from 1891 to 1892. In 1895, he graduated with the

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degree. He spent the years 1896 and 1897 as a law clerk in

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, before moving to Kristiansund N. Here, he was a

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from 1899 to 1904, and also edited the local newspaper '' Møre Tidende''. He was also a deputy member of the city council for a short period.Christian Hansen Wollnick
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He then worked as a solicitor in

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, before moving to Kristiansand S in 1909. Parallel to working as a solicitor there, he edited '' Sørlandets Socialdemokrat''. In 1921, he was hired as police attorney. From 1929 to 1936, he served as town clerk. He was also director of the municipal cinema company, chaired the school board and the local

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association. A member of the city council from 1919 to 1925, the last term in the executive committee, he was also elected to the

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in 1919. He served one term, representing the Labour Party.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wollnick, Christian Hansen 1867 births 1936 deaths Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Kristiansand Norwegian jurists Norwegian newspaper editors Politicians from Larvik