Peter Severin Steenstrup (29 November 1807 – 17 February 1863) was a Norwegian naval officer and businessperson. He was the son of Constitutional founding father and businessman

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and Thea Collett.Collett family
He served as captain of the

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SS ''Constitutionen'', the first steamship of Norway. Steenstrup was a

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in the

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,Peter Steenstrup genealogy
/ref> and founded the shipbuilding company

Akers Mekaniske Verksted Akers mekaniske Verksted (often abbreviated ''Akers mek. Verksted'' or ''Akers Mek.'') was a workshop, later a shipyard which was established in Fossveien by the Aker River in Oslo in 1841. In 1854 the company moved to Holmen on the west side of P ...

in Christiania. He was one of the founders of the

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, and was its chairman from 1853 to 1854. In April 1835 he married his second cousin Sophie Augusta Collett (1811–1872). Sophie Augusta Collett was the daughter of

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and niece of

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, both of whom were Constitutional founding fathers. In addition she was the sister of Peter Jonas Collett, and as such sister-in-law of writer

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. Their son Peter Steenstrup became a military officer as well. He married Marie Hiorth Kielland in July 1873. Peter Severin Steenstrup was buried at the

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. A street in Oslo, ''Steenstrups gate'' was named for him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Steenstrup, Peter Severin Norwegian people of English descent Collett family 1807 births 1863 deaths Norwegian company founders Royal Norwegian Navy personnel Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour