Halvor Olaus Christensen (18 February 1800 – 10 June 1891) was a Norwegian politician.
Biography
He was born at
Stavanger
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in
Rogaland
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, Norway.
He was the son of
Christian Christensen Kollerud and father of Thorvald Christian Christensen.
Christensen passed his legal exam in 1822. He was elected to the
Norwegian Parliament
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in 1833, 1836, 1839, 1842, 1845, 1848, 1854, 1862, 1865, 1868 and 1871. He represented the constituency of
Stavanger
Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...
, which was renamed ''Stavanger og Haugesund'' on the last two occasions. He worked as a stipendiary magistrate (''byfoged'') and town clerk (''byskriver'') throughout the whole period, having been appointed in 1832, as well as chief of police only during the first six terms.
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— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) During the 1848 term he was
President of the Storting
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, together with
Georg Prahl Harbitz,
Hans Riddervold
Hans Riddervold (7 November 1795 – 20 July 1876) was a Norwegian priest and politician.
Personal life
He was born at Teien in Åsgårdstrand as a son of shipmaster Adolf Kvernheim Riddervold (1760–1817) and Bredine Bolette Nielsen (1773–1 ...
and
Carl Valentin Falsen.
References
1800 births
1891 deaths
Politicians from Stavanger
19th-century Norwegian people
Presidents of the Storting
Members of the Storting
Norwegian jurists
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