Christen Christensen (1826–1900) was a Norwegian military officer and politician. He was born in Førde, but the family soon moved to Lærdal. As a military officer he became a

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in 1845, and later

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. He eventually settled in

Vik Vik (Old Norse: vík) means wick or bay in Norwegian and Swedish (''vig'' in Danish), and it may refer to the following: Places Iceland *Vík í Mýrdal, a village in southern Iceland Iran *Vik, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran Norway *V ...

, where he worked with post services, bank administration and breeding of farm animals, importing

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from England. As a politician he was mayor of Vik from 1858 to 1861 and 1866 to 1873. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament in 1862 and 1865.

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1826 births 1900 deaths Norwegian Army personnel Deputy members of the Storting Mayors of places in Sogn og Fjordane People from Førde People from Vik {{Norway-politician-1820s-stub