Birger Kildal

Birger Kildal.

Birger Kildal (15 April 1849 – 13 December 1913) was a Norwegian attorney and businessman. He served as politician with the Liberal Party and was appointed District Governor in Romsdal.[1]

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Kildal was born at Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of businessman and merchant Peter Wessel Wind Kildal and his wife, Christine Marie Gotaas (1817-1900). He took his law degree in 1871 and first worked as a lawyer in Hammerfest. He later went to work in his father's various commercial and industrial enterprises including Lilleborg Fabrikker which his father had founded in 1833.[2][3]

Political career

Kildal had several cabinet posts in the cabinets of Prime Ministers Johan Sverdrup and Francis Hagerup. He was Minister of Auditing 1884-1886, as well as head of the Ministry of Postal Affairs in 1885. later, he was a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1886-1887 and 1904-1905, Minister of Justice and Minister of Labour 1887, Minister of Labour 1887-1888, Minister of Finance 1895-1898, and Minister of Finance and Minister of Auditing 1903-1904. [4]

During the general election in 1903, he was elected as a representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Christiania, Hønefoss and Kongsvinger. In 1906, Kildal was appointed district governor in Romsdal and held this office until his death.[5]

Personal life

Birger Kildal was married to Sofienlund Berger (1851-1940). They were the parents of author Arne Kildal.[6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Per Fuglum. "Birger Kildal, Forretningsdrivende, Politiker, Embedsperson". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ Jon Gunnar Arntzen. "Kildal". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Lilleborg Fabrikker historie i korte trekk". Lilleborg. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Register of Persons "Norway's Governments since 1814"". Government.no. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  5. ↑ Mardal, Magnus A. "Birger Kildal" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  6. ↑ "Birger Kildal". Salmonsens konversationsleksikon. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  7. ↑ Sissel Nilsen. "Arne Kildal, Bibliotekar". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved June 20, 2016.


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