Peter Severin Steenstrup
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Peter Severin Steenstrup (29 November 1807 – 17 February 1863) was a Norwegian naval officer and businessperson.
He was the son of Constitutional founding father and businessman Poul Steenstrup and Thea Collett.[1]
He served as captain of the paddle steamer SS Constitutionen, the first steamship of Norway.[2] Steenstrup was a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Norwegian Navy,[3] and founded the shipbuilding company Akers Mekaniske Verksted in Christiania.[1] He was one of the founders of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society,[4] and was its chairman from 1853 to 1854.[5]
In April 1835[3] he married his second cousin Sophie Augusta Collett (1811–1872).[1] Sophie Augusta Collett was the daughter of Johan Collett and niece of Jonas Collett, both of whom were Constitutional founding fathers. In addition she was the sister of , and as such sister-in-law of writer Camilla Collett. Their son Peter Steenstrup became a military officer as well. He married Marie Hiorth Kielland in July 1873.[3]
Peter Severin Steenstrup was buried at the Vår Frelsers gravlund. A street in Oslo, Steenstrups gate was named for him.[6]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Collett family Archived 10 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Schou, August (1938). Håndverk og industri i Oslo 1838–1938 (in Norwegian). Oslo håndverks- og industriforening. pp. 86–87.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Peter Steenstrup genealogy
- ^ Founders of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society Archived 9 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "PFs formenn 1852 – 2004" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Polytechnic Society. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ^ Arstal, Aksel; Just, Carl, eds. (1966) [1938]. "Steenstrups gt.". Oslo byleksikon (in Norwegian) (2 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug.
- Norwegian people of English descent
- Collett family
- 1807 births
- 1863 deaths
- Norwegian company founders
- Royal Norwegian Navy personnel
- Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour