Peder Nilsen (22 February 1846 – 25 July 1921) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. Nilsen was born in

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, Norway. He was trained as an engineer. Nilsen graduated from the

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in 1871. He was an assistant engineer at Rørosbanen and other railway construction from 1872 to 1878, district engineer and operations manager at

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- Tønsetbanen from 1878–1893. From 1897 to 1911 he was the manager at

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. He was elected to the

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in 1889, representing the constituency of ''Lillehammer, Hamar og Gjøvik''. He sat through only one term. On 2 May 1893 he was appointed to the Second Cabinet of Prime Minister

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. The second cabinet of Stang was replaced by the First Cabinet of Prime Minister

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on 14 October 1895. Nilsen retained his post, but left on 1 August 1897 as he was appointed a member of the Council of State Division in

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. He left after two months.Peder Nilsen
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)

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1846 births 1921 deaths Politicians from Tønsberg Norwegian engineers Norwegian Military College alumni Government ministers of Norway Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting 1889–1891 {{Norway-politician-1840s-stub