Christian Michelsen
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen (15 March 1857, Bergen – 29 June 1925, Fana) was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907. Michelsen is most known for his central role in the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905, and was one of Norway's most influential politicians of his time.
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