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About Peder Nilsen
- Peder Nilsen (22 February 1846 – 25 July 1921) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. Nilsen was born at Tønsberg in Vestfold, Norway.
- He was trained as an engineer.
- Nilsen graduated from the Norwegian Military College in 1871.
- He was an assistant engineer at Rørosbanen and other railway construction from 1872 to 1878, district engineer and operations manager at Hamar-Tønsetbanen from 1878–1893.
- From 1897 to 1911 he was the manager at Hovedbanen. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1889, representing the constituency of Lillehammer, Hamar og Gjøvik.
- He sat through only one term.
- On 2 May 1893 he was appointed to the Second Cabinet of Prime Minister Emil Stang as Minister of Labour.
- The second cabinet of Stang was replaced by the First Cabinet of Prime Minister Francis Hagerup on 14 October 1895.
- Nilsen retained his post, but left on 1 August 1897 as he was appointed a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm.
- He left after two months.
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