Peter Birch-Reichenwald (29 November 1843 – 8 July 1898) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Christiania to

Christian Birch-Reichenwald Christian Birch-Reichenwald (4 January 1814 – 8 July 1891) was a Norwegian jurist and politician who served as mayor of Oslo, Norway. He was born at Blaker in Akershus, Norway. He was the son of to Paul Hansen Birch and Anna Catharina Ho ...

and Jacobine Ida Sophie Motzfeldt.Genealogy
/ref> His paternal grandfather was Paul Hansen Birch, his maternal grandfather was

Peter Motzfeldt Peter Motzfeldt (3 August 1777 – 1 April 1854) was a Norwegian military officer and government minister. He served as a member of the Constitutional Assembly at Eidsvoll Manor in 1814. Background Motzfeldt was born in Orkdal in Søndre Trondh ...

. Peter Birch-Reichenwald married Alette Marie Christensen, and the couple had eight children. He served as mayor of Christiania during 1889. In July 1889 he was appointed

Minister of Labour Minister of labour (in British English) or labor (in American English) is typically a cabinet-level position with portfolio responsibility for setting national labour standards, labour dispute mechanisms, employment, workforce participation, traini ...

as a part of the first cabinet Stang. He left in March 1891Peter Birch-Reichenwald
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) when the first cabinet Stang Fell. He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament 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 1892, representing the constituency of ''Kristiania, Hønefoss og Kongsvinger''. He only served one three-year term. In March 1894 he was appointed

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

as a part of the

second cabinet Stang The Stang's Second Cabinet governed Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago o ...

. He replaced Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne. He left in October 1895 when the second cabinet Stang Fell. He died in the same city he was born. A residential street ''Birch-Reichenwalds gate'', at Sandaker in Oslo, is named after him.

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1843 births 1898 deaths Government ministers of Norway Mayors of Oslo Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour Members of the Storting 1892–1894 {{Norway-politician-1840s-stub