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and Mette Alette Christine Krohn. He was the brother of

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Halfdan Einar Sommerfelt (1830–1901) . He finished his secondary education in 1840 and took the

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degree in 1844. He was an attorney from 1861. From 1854 to 1866, he was the agent-general in Norway for the Swedish insurance company

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. Together with

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, he was a founder of the insurance company

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and was the company's chief executive from 1867 to 1897. When he retired in July 1897 because of declining health, he was almost 76 years old. He also served as a chamberlain for Carl XV of Sweden from the time of his coronation in 1860 until the death of the king in 1872. He is known for writing a diary from the

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of Carl XV in 1860.

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1821 births 1902 deaths Writers from Oslo Norwegian jurists Norwegian company founders Norwegian businesspeople in insurance 19th-century Norwegian diarists {{Norway-business-bio-stub