Christian Meidell Kahrs (24 September 1858 – 12 July 1924) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Liberal Party and later the Coalition Party. He was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

. He graduated from

Bergen Cathedral School Bergen Cathedral School (Norwegian: ''Bergen Katedralskole'', Latin: ''Schola Cathedralis Bergensis'', formerly known as Bergens lærdeskole and Bergen latinskole and colloquially known as Katten) is an upper secondary school in Bergen, Norway. Loc ...

in 1877, and took the

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degree in 1881. In 1882 he was hired as a clerk for the district stipendiary magistrate in Hallingdal. Already the next year he returned to Bergen to work as a merchant. He was also the CEO of the bank

Bergens Sparebank Bergens Sparebank was a Norwegian savings bank based in Bergen. It was established in 1823, making it the second-oldest savings bank in Norway and the oldest in Bergen. It merged with 25 savings banks in 1982 to become Sparebanken Vest Sparebanken ...

.Christian Meidell Kahrs
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He was a member of Bergen

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from 1893 to 1910, serving as mayor from 1899 to 1901, preceded by

Christian Michelsen Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen (15 March 1857 – 29 June 1925), better known as Christian Michelsen, was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first prime minister of independent Norway and Norway's 9th prime minis ...

and followed by

Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (22 October 1870 – 30 September 1943) was a Norwegian statesman, shipping magnate and philanthropist. He served as the 16th prime minister of Norway during three separate terms. Biography Johan Ludwig Mowinckel was born ...

, both of whom served as Prime Minister of Norway. Kahrs was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1904, but only served one term. Kahrs was a member of the board of Den Nationale Scene from 1892 to 1909, and chaired the supervising committee of the Bergen Line.

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1858 births 1924 deaths Norwegian businesspeople Members of the Storting Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Coalition Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of Bergen People from Notodden People educated at the Bergen Cathedral School {{Norway-politician-1850s-stub