Christian Emil Stoud Platou (18 April 1861 – 28 July 1923) was a Norwegian railroad director and politician for the Conservative Party.

Personal life

He was born in

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as the son of banker Christian Fredrik Stoud Platou (1824–1883) and Elise Sem (1833–1923). He was a brother of Gabriel Andreas Stoud Platou and Waldemar Stoud Platou, grandnephew of Ludvig Stoud Platou, uncle of

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and Frithjof Stoud Platou and granduncle of Lars T. Platou. He was also a second cousin of

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and Valborg Platou. In July 1889 in

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he married physician's daughter Mina Lund.

Career

He finished his secondary education in 1879, and graduated with the

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degree in 1884. He worked two years as a law clerk in

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, but then spent the rest of his career in the

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. Making his way up from secretary to the board, he became assistant to the director of traffic in 1903, acting director of traffic in 1907, manager of the Main Line from 1910 to 1912 and acting director-general of the State Railways from 1912 to March 1919. He was elected to the

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, representing the constituency of

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. He did not serve through the entire term, as he died in July 1923. He was also president of the

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from 1919 to his death. He was also a board member of O. Mustad & Søn, the

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, and Christiania Sparebank.

References

1861 births 1923 deaths People from Hamar Christian Emil Stoud Directors of government agencies of Norway Norwegian State Railways (1883–1996) people Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Oslo Members of the Storting 1922–1924 {{Norway-politician-1860s-stub