Vilhelm Frimann Christie Bøgh (2 June 1817 – 1 July 1888) was a Norwegian archivist. He was a son of district stipendiary magistrate Christopher Benedict Bøgh (1773–1825) and his wife Andrea Perbøl (1785–1859). Having lost his father at an early age, he was raised by

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. He started his career as an assistant in the

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, and in 1854 he was hired as the diocesan archivist in the

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. He was also a school teacher in

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, as well as a theatre instructor. He was known as a "prominent personality in the social life of Trondhjem". In April 1854 in Fresvik he married Jensine Dorothea Hille (1823–1914), a sister of bishop

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. He was a brother of jurist Ole Bøgh, and thus the uncle of Johan and Albert Vilhelm Bøgh. He died in July 1888 in Trondhjem.

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1817 births 1888 deaths Norwegian archivists People from Trondheim {{Norway-bio-stub