Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olssøn (5 April 1844 – 3 November 1915) was a Norwegian military officer and politician. Olssøn was born in

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, Norway. He was the son of Edvard Olssøn (1820–1867) and Leonore Rebecca Bredal (1820–1910). He received a military education at the

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(1866) and Norwegian Military College (1870). He received additional education at the

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(1872–1874). He was appointed major general in 1896. In 1898, he was commander at Oscarsborg, 1899 inspector general for coastal artillery. In 1907, he became lieutenant-general. He retired from military service in 1912 as commanding general. He served as Minister of Defence 1893–1894, 1895–1898, 1905–1907, and member of the Council of State Division in

1894–1895.

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1844 births 1915 deaths People from Horten Norwegian Army generals Norwegian Military Academy alumni KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni Norwegian people of Swedish descent Ministers of defence of Norway {{Norway-politician-1840s-stub