Christian Meidell Kahrs (24 September 1858 – 12 July 1924) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the

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and later the Coalition Party. He was born in

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. He graduated from

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in 1877, and took the

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degree in 1881. In 1882 he was hired as a clerk for the district stipendiary magistrate in

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. Already the next year he returned to Bergen to work as a merchant. He was also the CEO of the bank

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.Christian Meidell Kahrs
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He was a member of Bergen

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from 1893 to 1910, serving as mayor from 1899 to 1901, preceded by

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and followed by

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, both of whom served as Prime Minister of Norway. Kahrs was elected to the

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in 1904, but only served one term. Kahrs was a member of the board of

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from 1892 to 1909, and chaired the supervising committee of the

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1858 births 1924 deaths Coalition Party (Norway) politicians Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of Bergen Members of the Storting Members of the Storting 1904–1906 Norwegian businesspeople People educated at the Bergen Cathedral School People from Notodden {{Norway-politician-1850s-stub