Halvor Olaus Christensen (18 February 1800 – 10 June 1891) was a Norwegian politician.

Biography

He was born at

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, Norway. He was the son of

Christian Christensen Kollerud Christian Christensen Kollerud (6 August 176728 March 1833) was a Norwegian farmer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly. Christian Christensen Kollerud was born at Setskog in Høland (now Aurskog-Holand), in A ...

and father of Thorvald Christian Christensen. Christensen passed his legal exam in 1822. He was elected to the

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in 1833, 1836, 1839, 1842, 1845, 1848, 1854, 1862, 1865, 1868 and 1871. He represented the constituency of

, which was renamed ''Stavanger og Haugesund'' on the last two occasions. He worked as a stipendiary magistrate () and town clerk () throughout the whole period, having been appointed in 1832, as well as chief of police only during the first six terms.Halvor Olaus Christensen
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) During the 1848 term he was

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, together with Georg Prahl Harbitz,

Hans Riddervold Hans Riddervold (7 November 1795 – 20 July 1876) was a Norwegian priest and politician. Personal life He was born at Teien in Åsgårdstrand as a son of shipmaster Adolf Kvernheim Riddervold (1760–1817) and Bredine Bolette Nielsen (1773– ...

and Carl Valentin Falsen.

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