Peter Birch-Reichenwald (29 November 1843 – 8 July 1898) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Christiania to Christian Birch-Reichenwald and Jacobine Ida Sophie Motzfeldt.Genealogy
/ref> His paternal grandfather was

Paul Hansen Birch Paul Hansen Birch (20 July 1788 – 25 April 1863) was a Norwegian Major General in the Norwegian Army. He was born in Fåberg in Oppland, Norway to Johan Gottfried Reichenwald and Mari Birch. He was adopted by his uncle General War Commissioner ...

, his maternal grandfather was Peter Motzfeldt. Peter Birch-Reichenwald married Alette Marie Christensen, and the couple had eight children. He served as mayor of Christiania during 1889. In July 1889 he was appointed

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as a part of the

first cabinet Stang The Stang's First Cabinet governed Norway between 13 July 1889 and 6 March 1891. It was led by Emil Stang and is one of two Conservative Party-only cabinets ever in Norway, the other being Willoch's First Cabinet from 1981 to 1983. It had the foll ...

. He left in March 1891Peter Birch-Reichenwald
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) when the first cabinet Stang Fell. He was elected to the

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in 1892, representing the constituency of ''Kristiania, Hønefoss og Kongsvinger''. He only served one three-year term. In March 1894 he was appointed

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as a part of the

second cabinet Stang The Stang's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 2 May 1893 and 14 October 1895. It had the following composition: Cabinet members State Secretary Not to be confused with the modern title State Secretary (Norway), State Secretary. The old titl ...

. He replaced Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne. He left in October 1895 when the second cabinet Stang Fell. He died in the same city he was born. A residential street ''Birch-Reichenwalds gate'', at Sandaker in Oslo, is named after him.

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1843 births 1898 deaths Government ministers of Norway Mayors of Oslo Members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians 19th-century Norwegian politicians Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour {{Norway-politician-1840s-stub