Stener Johannes Stenersen (15 July 1835 – 7 July 1904) was a Norwegian
veterinarian.
Stenersen was born in
Elverum in
Hedmark, Norway. He was a son of priest Gabriel Hofgaard Stenersen and Anne Birgitte Irgens. He was a nephew of theologian Stener Johannes Stenersen (1789-1835). After graduating from
Christiania Cathedral School, he attended the
Royal Veterinary College of Copenhagen from 1853 to 1857. He then became county veterinarian in
Hedmark, working in
Ă˜sterdalen from 1857 to 1860 and
Hedmarken from 1860 to 1863. In July 1862 in
Ringsaker he married Helga Hermana Heltberg (1842–1921). They had the son
Gudmund Stenersen, a painter.
In May 1883 he was hired as state agronomist in
Western Norway, with special responsibility for
stockbreeding. He was stationed in
Voss for one year, then in
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 ...
. He became a national expert on breeding, especially
horse breeding
Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired characteristics in ...
. In 1888, Stenersen wrote ''Vestlandshesten (Fjordhesten)'', the first monograph on the
Fjord horse native to the west coast of Norway. Other notable publications include the paper ''Alderen for Hestens Kastration'' of 1876, which earned him the Royal Veterinary College Gold Medal. He died in 1904 in Stavanger.
References
1835 births
1904 deaths
People from Elverum
Norwegian veterinarians
Norwegian expatriates in Denmark
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