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 labourer with roots in the Egersund district. Tollach's wife Madsi Magdalena Eide (died 1829) came from the same social background.[1]

In June 1855 he married Caroline Sophie Ernstine Kjerschow.[1] Their son was the later Norwegian Prime Minister Christian Michelsen.[2] Christian Michelsen was named after Jacob's father-in-law, bishop Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow.[1]

Michelsen worked himself up from the modest social background. A businessman, he was awarded burghership in 1847. He was a grain trader,[3] wine grocerer and consul,[1] stock exchange commissioner from 1870 to 1902 and bank director from 1870.[3] He served as mayor of Bergen from 1865 to 1866 and 1876 to 1878.[4] He was elected from his city to the Norwegian Parliament in 1868 and 1871.[5]

He died in 1902,[1] three years before his son became Prime Minister.

References
  1. Ask, Øyvind. "Nu gjælder det at holde kjæft" (PDF). Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  2. Christian Michelsen – Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
  3. "Michelsen, Jacob Andreas". Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.
  4. "Ordførere i Bergen kommune fra 1837 - 2007" (in Norwegian). Bergen municipality. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  5. Jacob Andreas Michelsen Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine – Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)


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