Rudolf Elias Peersen
Rudolf Elias Peersen (28 April 1868 – 5 February 1949) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician.
Rudolf Elias Peersen | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Kristiansand | |
| In office 8 May 1945 – 31 December 1945 | |
| Preceded by | O. A. Fosby |
| Succeeded by | Karl Rosenløv |
| In office 1 January 1937 – 31 December 1940 | |
| Preceded by | Einar Jørgensen |
| Succeeded by | Anders Kjær |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1 January 1931 – 31 December 1936 | |
| Constituency | Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties |
| In office 1 January 1913 – 31 December 1918 | |
| Constituency | Baneheia |
| President of the Odelsting | |
| In office 1917 – 31 December 1918 | |
| Succeeded by | Ole M. Mjelde |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 20 February 1919 – 17 June 1919 | |
| Prime Minister | Gunnar Knudsen |
| Preceded by | Christian T. Holtfodt |
| Succeeded by | Ivar Aavatsmark |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rudolf Elias Peersen 28 April 1868 Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Sweden-Norway |
| Died | 5 February 1949 (aged 80) Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Charlotte Margrethe Andersen
(m. 1895) |
Peersen was born in Kristiansand on 28 April 1868, the son of Jens P. Peersen and Tomine Margrethe Ommundsen. He studied law at the University of Kristiania from 1888 to 1892. He became active in politics on the left, both locally and nationally. He was a member of Kristiansand city council at various times from 1905 to 1945, including being mayor from 1938 to 1940 and again in 1945. He represented Kristiansand in the national parliament from 1913 to 1919, briefly serving as Minister of Defence for a few months in 1919. He served as a member of the parliament again from 1930 to 1936.[1] He was a member of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.[2]
References
- Mjeldheim, Leiv (28 September 2014). "Rudolf Peersen". Nbl.snl.no. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- "Upprop". Norsk Tidend. 1936-05-05.