Christian Michelsen (Norwegian prime minister and political leader)

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Christian Michelsen was a Norwegian statesman and prime minister best known for leading Norway’s peaceful dissolution of the union with Sweden in 1905 and shaping the country’s early independence.

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instanceOf Norwegian politician
human
prime minister of Norway
shipowner
advocated Norwegian national sovereignty
parliamentary control over the monarchy
awardReceived Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav NERFINISHED
Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star NERFINISHED
birthDate 1857-03-15
birthPlace Bergen, Norway NERFINISHED
burialPlace Møllendal cemetery, Bergen NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Norway
deathDate 1925-06-29
deathPlace Fana, Norway NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Oslo NERFINISHED
familyName Michelsen NERFINISHED
founded Christian Michelsen Institute (posthumously named in his honor) NERFINISHED
givenName Christian NERFINISHED
Peter
hasHonorificName Christian Michelsen Institute NERFINISHED
headOfGovernmentOf Norway NERFINISHED
influenced development of Norwegian parliamentary democracy
knownFor leading the peaceful dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905
shaping Norway’s early independence policy
memberOf Liberal Left Party (Norway) NERFINISHED
Liberal Party of Norway NERFINISHED
name Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Norwegian
occupation lawyer
politician
shipowner
politicalAlignment liberalism
positionHeld Member of the Storting
Minister of Auditing of Norway
Minister of Finance of Norway
Prime Minister of Norway
precededBy Francis Hagerup NERFINISHED
religion Lutheranism
residence Bergen, Norway NERFINISHED
Oslo, Norway NERFINISHED
significantEvent Norwegian–Swedish Union dissolution crisis of 1905 NERFINISHED
spouse Betty Marie Michelsen NERFINISHED
succeededBy Jørgen Løvland NERFINISHED
supported establishment of a Norwegian monarchy in 1905
termEnd 1907-10-23
termStart 1905-03-11
workedOn reform of Norway’s constitution after 1905

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Swedish–Norwegian War commandedBy Christian Michelsen (Norwegian prime minister and political leader)