Peder Kjerschow was a Norwegian judge.

He was born in Tromsø

Tromsø

Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...

e, as a son of Christian Collett Kjerschow

Christian Collett Kjerschow

Christian Collett Hersleb Kjerschow was a Norwegian politician.He was born in Aker as the oldest son of bishop Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow and his wife Johanne Benedicte Collett . His younger sister Caroline Sophie Erasmine Kjerschow married businessman Jacob Andreas Michelsen, and was the...

 and grandson of Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow

Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow

Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow was a Norwegian clergyman.He was a bishop in the State Church of Norway for twenty-seven years; first in the Diocese of Tromsø from 1830 to 1848 and later in the Diocese of Bjørgvin from 1848 to 1857. Before his appointment as bishop, he was vicar in Aker...

. Through marriage he was a nephew of Jacob Andreas Michelsen

Jacob Andreas Michelsen

Jacob Andreas Michelsen was a Norwegian businessperson and politician, also known as the father of Christian Michelsen.He was the son of Tollach Michelsen, a manual laborer with roots in the Egersund district. Tollach's wife Madsi Magdalena Eide came from the same social background.In June 1855...

 and first cousin of Christian Michelsen

Christian Michelsen

Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of an independent Norway from 1905 to 1907...

. He was also a great-grandfather of Arild Kjerschow, born 1944.

He became a public prosecutor in 1891, presiding judge in 1902 and Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions in 1911. He retired in 1929. He issued several books.