Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian businessman
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About Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum
- Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum (21 August 1821 – 3 August 1902) was a Norwegian jurist, businessperson and royal chamberlain. He was a son of Ole Gjerdrum and Mette Alette Christine Krohn.
- He was the brother of Jørgen and Otto Gjerdrum.
- He was the father of Albert Gjerdrum.
- Through his sister Alette Jørgine Constanse Gjerdrum (1833-1891), he was a brother-in-law of dean Halfdan Einar Sommerfelt (1830-1901) .He finished his secondary education in 1840 and took the cand.jur.
- degree in 1844.
- He was an attorney from 1861.
- From 1854 to 1866, he was the agent-general in Norway for the Swedish insurance company Skandia.
- Together with Jacob Thurmann Ihlen, he was a founder of the insurance company Forsikringsselskapet Norden and was the company's chief executive from 1867 to 1897.
- When he retired in July 1897 because of declining health, he was almost 76 years old.He also served as a chamberlain for Carl XV of Sweden from the time of his coronation in 1860 until the death of the king in 1872.
- He is known for writing a diary from the coronation of Carl XV in 1860.
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