Halvor Olaus Christensen

Halvor Olaus Christensen (1800 - 1891) was a Norwegian politician.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1833, 1836, 1839, 1842, 1845, 1848, 1854, 1862, 1865, 1868 and 1871. He represented the constituency of Stavanger, which was renamed "Stavanger og Haugesund" on the last two occasions. He worked as a stipendiary magistrate ("byfoged") and town clerk ("byskriver") throughout the whole period, having been appointed in 1832, as well as chief of police only during the first six terms. [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=10537 Halvor Olaus Christensen] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ] During the 1848 term he was President of the Storting, together with Georg Prahl Harbitz, Hans Riddervold and Carl Valentin Falsen. [ [http://www.stortinget.no/representantene/presidenter_historisk.html Presidents of the Storting] ]

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