Personal Life
In October 1870, he married Karen Anne Juliane Hedvig Wedel-Jarlsberg (1847–1927), the daughter of Peder Anker Count Wedel-Jarlsberg (1909–1893). Nielsen was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1875 and the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters from 1897. He received Reward Medal from King Oscar II in 1882, was knighted in the Order of St. Olav in 1894 and received the Commander Cross 1911. He was knighted by the Swedish Nordstjärneorden and owner of several other foreign orders.
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