Rudolf Elias Peersen (28 April 1868 – 5 February 1949) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician.

Rudolf Elias Peersen
Mayor of Kristiansand
In office
8 May 1945 – 31 December 1945
Preceded byO. A. Fosby
Succeeded byKarl Rosenløv
In office
1 January 1937 – 31 December 1940
Preceded byEinar Jørgensen
Succeeded byAnders Kjær
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office
1 January 1931 – 31 December 1936
ConstituencyMarket towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties
In office
1 January 1913 – 31 December 1918
ConstituencyBaneheia
President of the Odelsting
In office
1917 – 31 December 1918
Succeeded byOle M. Mjelde
Minister of Defence
In office
20 February 1919 – 17 June 1919
Prime MinisterGunnar Knudsen
Preceded byChristian T. Holtfodt
Succeeded byIvar Aavatsmark
Personal details
Born
Rudolf Elias Peersen

(1868-04-28)28 April 1868
Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Sweden-Norway
Died5 February 1949(1949-02-05) (aged 80)
Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Charlotte Margrethe Andersen
(m. 1895)

Peersen was born in Kristiansand on 28 April 1868, the son of Jens P. Peersen and Tomine Margrethe Ommundsen. He studied law at the University of Kristiania from 1888 to 1892. He became active in politics on the left, both locally and nationally. He was a member of Kristiansand city council at various times from 1905 to 1945, including being mayor from 1938 to 1940 and again in 1945. He represented Kristiansand in the national parliament from 1913 to 1919, briefly serving as Minister of Defence for a few months in 1919. He served as a member of the parliament again from 1930 to 1936.[1] He was a member of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Mjeldheim, Leiv (28 September 2014). "Rudolf Peersen". Nbl.snl.no. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Upprop". Norsk Tidend. 1936-05-05.