Arthur Knagenhjelm

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Arthur Sophus Nicolay Knagenhjelm (19 June 1866 – 1938) was a Norwegian barrister.

Personal life[]

He was born in Trondhjem as the son of Ludvig Wiese Knagenhjelm (1824–1907) and Selma Angelique Lousie Roll.[1] The Knagenhjelm family had resided in Sogndal in recent times, and had been ennobled in 1721, then under the name Knagenhielm. He was a brother of Lord Chamberlain Jacob Roll Knagenhjelm.[2] On the maternal side he was a grandson of mayor Jacob Roll and nephew of Oluf Nicolai Roll, and Ferdinand Nicolai Roll.[3]

He was married to Barbara Ihlen, a daughter of Jacob Thurmann Ihlen and Belgian citizen Ambrosine Pauline Rouquet; and also a first cousin of industrialists , Joakim and Alf Ihlen.[1][4][5] He was a brother-in-law of Celina Ihlen, who was married to Christian Pierre Mathiesen.

Arthur and Barbara had the son Kai Knagenhjelm, a high-ranking bureaucrat who married into the Sverdrup Fearnley family.[6]

Career[]

He finished his secondary education in 1884, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1889. He was a deputy judge from 1889 to 1891, then a junior solicitor from 1892 to 1895, working in the Office of the Attorney General of Norway. From 1895 he was a barrister with the right to work with Supreme Court cases.[7]

He chaired from 1899 to 1928 and from 1918. He was a board member of from 1903, from 1904, from 1906 to 1918, Hafslund from 1916 to 1922, Freia Chocolade Fabrik from 1916, from 1924; and a supervisory council member of Filharmonisk Selskap.[7]

He was the president of Alliance française in Norway from 1904 to 1920, and later an honorary member. He was also decorated as a Commandeur of the Legion of Honour and as an .[7] He died in 1938 and was buried in Vestre gravlund.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Genealogical entry for Arthur Sophus Nicolay Knagenhjelm
  2. ^ Bratberg, Terje. "Knagenhjelm". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  3. ^ http://www.tfb.no/db/personalhistorie/3_7_20070228_152143.pdf
  4. ^ "Dødsfald". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 16 April 1919. p. 4.
  5. ^ Bratberg, Terje. "Ihlen". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  6. ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Knagenhjelm, Kai". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 310. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  7. ^ a b c Hoffstad, Einar, ed. (1935). "Knagenhjelm, Arthur (Sophus Nicolay)". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Yrkesforlaget. p. 429. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Cemeteries in Norway". DIS-Norge. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
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