Morten Michael Kallevig (1842–1936), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian businessman
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About Morten Michael Kallevig (1842–1936)
- Morten Michael Kallevig (16 April 1842 – 1936) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician. He was born in Arendal as a son of consul Emil Kallevig (1807–1889) and Margaretha Dedekam (1809–1883).
- In 1868 he married Wilhelmine Petrea Franziska Skrike, from Copenhagen.
- They had the sons Adolf Skrike Kallevig, Julius Skrike Kallevig and Johannes Kallevig who all became businessmen.Morten Michael Kallevig spent his career as owner of the company Salve Kallevig & Søn, founded by his great-grandfather Salve Johannessøn Kallevig in 1792 and expanded by his grandfather Morten Michael Kallevig.
- He also owned Tangen farm, the reperbahn Tangen Reperbane and Arendals Tobaksfabrik and was vice consul for the United Kingdom for about fifty years from 1872.
- This consul position had been inherited from father to son since the early 1800s.
- Kallevig was also Danish consul until 1907.He was a board member of Agdesidens Bank, Arendals Sjøforsikringsselskab, Arendals Dampskibsselskab and Nordisk Defence Club, and member of Arendal city council.
- He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St.
- Olav and the Order of Vasa, and a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.
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