Peter Birch-Reichenwald
Peter Birch-Reichenwald (29 November 1843 – 8 July 1898) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.
He was born in Christiania to Christian Birch-Reichenwald and Jacobine Ida Sophie Motzfeldt.[1] His paternal grandfather was Paul Hansen Birch, his maternal grandfather was Peter Motzfeldt. Peter Birch-Reichenwald married Alette Marie Christensen, and the couple had eight children.[1]
He served as mayor of Christiania during 1889.
In July 1889 he was appointed Minister of Labour as a part of the first cabinet Stang. He left in March 1891[2] when the first cabinet Stang Fell. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1892, representing the constituency of Kristiania, Hønefoss og Kongsvinger. He only served one three-year term.[2] In March 1894 he was appointed Minister of the Interior as a part of the second cabinet Stang. He replaced Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne. He left in October 1895[2] when the second cabinet Stang Fell.
He died in the same city he was born.[1] A residential street Birch-Reichenwalds gate, at in Oslo, is named after him.
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c Genealogy
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Peter Birch-Reichenwald Archived 2007-10-23 at the Wayback Machine — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
- 1843 births
- 1898 deaths
- Government ministers of Norway
- Mayors of Oslo
- Members of the Storting
- Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
- 19th-century Norwegian politicians
- Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour
- Norwegian mayor stubs
- Norwegian politician, 1840s birth stubs