
Nils Anker (14 June 1836 – 1 October 1893 ) was a Norwegian businessman, landowner and politician.
He was born at Rød herregård in
Halden
Halden (), between 1665 and 1928 known as Fredrikshald, is both a List of cities in Norway, town and a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality borders Sarpsborg to the northwest, R ...
,
Østfold
Østfold () is a county in Eastern Norway, which from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 was part of Viken. Østfold borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other ...
, Norway.
He was a son of
Peter Martin Anker and his second wife, Cathrine Olava Nicoline Gløersen (1814-1902). He was a brother of
Herman Anker and
Christian August Anker, uncle of
Katti Anker Møller
Katti Anker Møller (23 October 1868 – 20 August 1945) was a Norway, Norwegian feminist, Children's rights movement, children's rights advocate, and a pioneer of reproductive rights.
Biography
She was born Cathrine Anker in Hamar, the daughter ...
,
Ella Anker and
Johan Anker and granduncle of
Øyvind Anker
Øyvind Anker (13 July 1904 – 30 December 1989) was a Norwegian librarian.
Personal life
He was born in Frankfurt am Main as a son of engineer Nils Botvid Anker (1878–1943) and artist and pianist Gudrun Nilssen (1875–1958). He grew up in ...
,
Peter Martin Anker and
Tove Mohr.
He made his living as a wholesaler and landowner. He was elected to the
Parliament of Norway
The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...
in
1885
Events
January
* January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam.
* January 17 – Mahdist ...
,
1888
Events January
* January 3 – The great telescope (with an objective lens of diameter) at Lick Observatory in California is first used.
* January 12 – The Schoolhouse Blizzard hits Dakota Territory and the states of Montana, M ...
and
1891
Events January
* January 1
** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence.
**Germany takes formal possession of its new African territories.
* January 4 – The Earl of Zetland issues a ...
. He represented the constituency
Fredrikshald and the
Conservative Party.
References
1836 births
1893 deaths
Norwegian businesspeople
Norwegian landowners
Conservative Party (Norway) politicians
Østfold politicians
Politicians from Halden
Nils
Members of the Storting 1892–1894
Members of the Storting 1889–1891
Members of the Storting 1886–1888
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