Jacob Andreas Michelsen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian politician
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Place of Birth: Bergen, Hordaland, Norway
About Jacob Andreas Michelsen
- Jacob Andreas Michelsen (17 August 1821 – 12 October 1902) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician, also known as the father of Christian Michelsen. He was the son of Tollach Michelsen, a manual laborer with roots in the Egersund district.
- Tollach's wife Madsi Magdalena Eide (died 1829) came from the same social background.In June 1855 he married Caroline Sophie Ernstine Kjerschow.
- Their son was the later Norwegian Prime Minister Christian Michelsen.
- Christian Michelsen was named after Jacob's father-in-law, bishop Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow.Michelsen worked himself up from the modest social background.
- A businessman, he was awarded burghership in 1847.
- He was a grain trader, wine grocerer and consul, stock exchange commissioner from 1870 to 1902 and bank director from 1870.
- He served as mayor of Bergen from 1865 to 1866 and 1876 to 1878.
- He was elected from his city to the Norwegian Parliament in 1868 and 1871.He died in 1902, three years before his son became Prime Minister.
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