Christen Schmidt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian bishop
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Place of Birth: Kongsvinger, Hedmark, Norway
About Christen Schmidt
- Christen Schmidt (22 February 1727 – 6 October 1804) was a Norwegian bishop. He was born in Kongsvinger as a son of vicar Hans Jacob Schmidt and Alethe S.
- Lemmich.
- He enrolled as a student in 1745 and graduated with the cand.theol.
- degree in May 1748.
- After some years as a private tutor and a priest at sea, he was appointed as vicar of Nebbelunde, Denmark in July 1759.
- In September 1769 he became vicar of Asminderød and Fredensborg Palace.
- He became connected to the Danish Royal Court in July 1772, having been opposed to Johan Friedrich Struensee's rule.
- In December 1773 he became Bishop of the Diocese of Oslo.
- Here he was known to be orthodox.
- He supported the death penalty in 1777.He was married twice.
- First to his cousin Petronelle Lemmich, from June 1759 to her death in September 1798.
- They had the son Frederik Schmidt, a constitutional founding father.
- His second marriage was to merchant's daughter Ingeborg Catharina Birkenbusch (1778–1856), from November 1803 to his own death.
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