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Ketil Motzfeldt

Ketil Motzfeldt

Norwegian Naval Officer and Government Official

Ketil Melsted Johnsen Motzfeldt (10 August 1814 - 17 November 1889) was Norwegian Naval Officer and Government Official.[1]

Ketil Melsted Johnsen Motzfeldt

Background

Motzfeldt was born in Bergen, Norway. His parents were government minister Peter Motzfeldt (1777-1854) and Ernesta Birgitte Margrethe Stenersen (1789-1848). He was the brother of Ulrik Anton Motzfeldt and brother-in-law of Christian Birch-Reichenwald. He was a nephew of both Frederik Motzfeldt and Carl Frederik Motzfeldt.[2]

Career

Motzfeldt was naval cadet at Fredriksvern Norwegian naval base in 1826. He was a second lieutenant by 1841, then First Lieutenant in 1852. He entered the Norwegian Parliament in 1857. He was Minister of the Navy and Minister of Postal Affairs in 1860, member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1860–1861, and Minister of the Navy in 1861. From 1870 to 1885, he was elected as a member of Parliament from Jarlsberg og Laurvigs Amt (now Vestfold).[3]

Personal life

He was married to Hedvig Susanne Amalie Rosenvinge (1840-1903), the daughter of Eiler Schøller Rosenvinge (1813-1849), a member of the aristocratic Rosenvinge family.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Knut Dørum. "Ketil Motzfeldt". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  2. [2]
    Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Motzfeldt". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  3. [3]
    Wasberg, Gunnar. "Ketil Motzfeldt". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (NBL) (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2009-11-13.
  4. [4]
    Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Rosenvinge". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 30, 2016.


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