Kristian Kornelius Hagemann Brandt (8 July 1831 – 24 July 1905) was a Norwegian military officer and engineer. He was born in

Eidsberg Eidsberg was a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality was the town of Mysen. In 2020, Eidsberg was absorbed into the Indre Østfold municipality. Eidsberg was established as a municipality on 1 Jan ...

. He was a brother of law professor Fredrik Peter Brandt, and was the father of medicine professor Kristian Kornelius Hagemann Brandt (1859–1932) and Major General Fredrik Oscar Brandt (1860–1934). From 1861 to 1862 he was the chairman of the

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. He was elected to the

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in 1865 and 1868, representing the constituency of ''Moss og Drøbak''. While serving here, he proposed an inquiry into the question of a railway in Smaalenenes Amt. He has thus been called "the father of the Smaalenene Line". From 1872 to 1873 he served as the road inspector of

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. In 1890 he reached the military rank of Major. He died in 1905.

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1831 births 1905 deaths People from Eidsberg Norwegian Army personnel Norwegian engineers Members of the Storting Østfold politicians {{Norway-politician-1830s-stub