Francis Kjeldsberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Francis Kjeldsberg

Norwegian businessman and politician

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1869

Place of Birth: Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway

Date of Death: 24-May-1948

Profession: businessperson, politician, consul

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Francis Kjeldsberg

  • Francis Kjeldsberg, OBE, MVO (10 February 1869 – 24 May 1948) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Trondhjem as a son of consul Rasmus Flor Kjeldsberg (1828–1897) and Harriet Southern (1834–1924).
  • In 1899 he married Margrethe Berg, daughter of merchant Claus Nissen Riiber Berg (1832–1915).
  • Their daughter Harriet married chief physician Odd Kjeldsberg Stub.He graduated from Kristiania Commerce School in 1887, and studied abroad for one year.
  • He was hired in the family company R.
  • Kjeldsberg in 1890, and was the company owner from 1897 to 1927.
  • From 1897 he was also a vice consul for the United Kingdom, upgrading to consul from 1931 to 1945.
  • He was decorated as a Knight of the Royal Victorian Order and Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
  • From 1927 to 1937 he was the manager of Vinmonopolet's branch in Trondheim.He chaired the board of R.
  • Kjeldsberg from 1923 and the supervisory council of Trondhjems Realkreditbank from 1915 to 1942.
  • He was a board member of Privatbanken i Trondhjem (1918–1934) and Nordenfjeldske Dampskibsselskab (1927-1942 and in 1945) and supervisory council member of Trondhjems Sparebank (1905–1942).Kjeldsberg was on the electoral college in the 1903 Norwegian parliamentary election.
  • He served as a member of Trondhjem city council from 1911 to 1928; from 1917 to 1922 as a member of the executive committee.
  • He served as deputy mayor from 1920 to 1921 and mayor in 1922.
  • He was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from the Market towns of Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag counties in 1924, and served through one term.
  • He met in parliamentary session in 1926 and 1927.During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was arrested in October 1940 and imprisoned in isolation in Vollan concentration camp.
  • He was released after one week.
  • He died in May 1948.

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