Peter Birch-Reichenwald (29 November 1843 – 8 July 1898) was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 politician for the Conservative Party

Conservative Party of Norway

The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...

.

He was born in Christiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 to Christian Birch-Reichenwald

Christian Birch-Reichenwald

Christian Birch-Reichenwald was a Norwegian politician.He was born in Blaker to Paul Hansen Birch and Anna Catharina Hoffmand Stenersen. He married Jacobine Ida Sophie Motzfeldt, daughter of Peter Motzfeldt and niece of his own mother...

 and Jacobine Ida Sophie Motzfeldt. His paternal grandfather was Paul Hansen Birch

Paul Hansen Birch

Paul Hansen Birch was a Norwegian military officer.He was born in Faaberg to Johan Gottfried Reichenwald and Mari Birch....

, his maternal grandfather was Peter Motzfeldt

Peter Motzfeldt

Peter Motzfeldt was a member of the constitutional assembly in Norway in 1814, then a Norwegian member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1814-1816, 1818-1819, 1824-1825, 1828-1829, 1831-1832, and 1834-1835, Minister of the Army 1816-1818 and 1819-1822, and Minister of Auditing...

. 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 Transport and Communications (Norway)

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 as a part of the first cabinet Stang

First cabinet Stang

The Stang's First Cabinet governed Norway between 13 July 1889 and 6 March 1891. It was led by Emil Stang and is one of two Conservative Party-only cabinets ever in Norway, the other being Willoch's First Cabinet from 1981 to 1983. It had the following composition:-Cabinet members:-State...

. He left in March 1891 when the first cabinet Stang Fell. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament 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 as a part of the second cabinet Stang

Second cabinet Stang

The Stang's Second Cabinet governed Norway between 2 May 1893 and 14 October 1895. It had the following composition:-Cabinet members:-State Secretary:...

. He replaced Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne

Johan Henrik Paasche Thorne

Johan Henrich Paasche Thorne was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Conservative Party. He served as mayor of Moss as well as five terms in the Norwegian Parliament, and was Minister of the Interior from 1889 to 1890 and 1893 to 1894.He was born in Drammen as the son of Johan...

. 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

Sandåker

Sandåker is a village in Dønna municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island Løkta, and has the postal code 8813 Kopardal, named after the neighboring village Koppardal....

in Oslo, is named after him.