Halvor Olaus Christensen (18 February 1800 – 10 June 1891) was a Norwegian politician.

Biography

He was born at

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, Norway. He was the son of Christian Christensen Kollerud and father of Thorvald Christian Christensen. Christensen passed his legal exam in 1822. He was elected to the

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in 1833, 1836, 1839, 1842, 1845, 1848, 1854, 1862, 1865, 1868 and 1871. He represented the constituency of

, which was renamed ''Stavanger og Haugesund'' on the last two occasions. He worked as a stipendiary magistrate (''byfoged'') and town clerk (''byskriver'') throughout the whole period, having been appointed in 1832, as well as chief of police only during the first six terms.Halvor Olaus Christensen
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) During the 1848 term he was

President of the Storting The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

, together with Georg Prahl Harbitz,

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and Carl Valentin Falsen.

References

1800 births 1891 deaths Politicians from Stavanger 19th-century Norwegian people Presidents of the Storting Members of the Storting Norwegian jurists {{Norway-politician-1800s-stub