Peter Feilberg
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Peter Fredrik Feilberg was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician.
He was born in Tønsberg
. His family had immigrated from Flensburg
, Southern Schleswig
in 1787. Peter Feilberg was a dye
r by education, and operated a printing press. He also ran a book shop, and, later, a rental library.
In 1830 Feilberg started the first newspaper in Skien, Skiens Ugeblad. He was notably convicted of libel in 1837 and sentenced to pay 60 speciedaler
; the complaint had been filed by County Governor Frederik Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg. Curiously, Feilberg's defender
Pavels Hielm was convicted of inappropriate prodecure, having recited a poem during the final speech of the defence, and sentenced to pay 10 speciedaler. Skiens Ugeblad was liquidated in 1839, but in January 1840 he started another newspaper Bratsberg Amtstidende
. In 1843 the name was changed to Bratsberg Amtstidende og Correspondent, and Herman Bagger
was brought in as co-editor. In 1844, however, Bagger left to form his own newspaper Bratsberg Amts Correspondent, later changed to Correspondenten
. At the same time, Feilberg's newspaper reverted its name to Bratsberg Amtstidende. Bratsberg Amtstidende and Correspondenten would from now on become fierce rivals. Correspondenten was pressed by Jens Melgaard, a rival of Feilberg.
In 1837, when local government was introduced in Norway, Feilberg was elected to the first city council of Skien. He then served as mayor of Skien from 1838 to 1840. This was partially possible due to that County Governor Wedel Jarlsberg, who had sued him for libel earlier, had stepped down the same year. His rival Herman Bagger became both mayor and parliament member; Feilberg instead allied with another parliament member Frederik Charlow Sophus Borchsenius.
One of his sons, Karl (born 1828), became a school principal.
He was born in Tønsberg
Tønsberg
is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around north-east of Sandefjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg....
. His family had immigrated from Flensburg
Flensburg
Flensburg is an independent town in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the region of Southern Schleswig...
, Southern Schleswig
Southern Schleswig
Southern Schleswig denotes the southern half of the former Duchy of Schleswig on the Jutland Peninsula. The geographical area today covers the thirty or forty northernmost kilometers of Germany up to the Flensburg Fjord, where it borders on Denmark...
in 1787. Peter Feilberg was a dye
Dye
A dye is a colored substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied. The dye is generally applied in an aqueous solution, and requires a mordant to improve the fastness of the dye on the fiber....
r by education, and operated a printing press. He also ran a book shop, and, later, a rental library.
In 1830 Feilberg started the first newspaper in Skien, Skiens Ugeblad. He was notably convicted of libel in 1837 and sentenced to pay 60 speciedaler
Norwegian speciedaler
The speciedaler was the currency of Norway between 1816 and 1875. It replaced the rigsdaler specie at par and was subdivided into 120 skilling . It was replaced by the Norwegian krone when Norway joined the Scandinavian Monetary Union...
; the complaint had been filed by County Governor Frederik Wilhelm Wedel Jarlsberg. Curiously, Feilberg's defender
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
Pavels Hielm was convicted of inappropriate prodecure, having recited a poem during the final speech of the defence, and sentenced to pay 10 speciedaler. Skiens Ugeblad was liquidated in 1839, but in January 1840 he started another newspaper Bratsberg Amtstidende
Bratsberg Amtstidende
Bratsberg Amtstidende was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Skien in Telemark county. It also held the names Ugeblad for Skien og Omegn , Bratsberg Amtstidende og Correspondent and Skiensposten ....
. In 1843 the name was changed to Bratsberg Amtstidende og Correspondent, and Herman Bagger
Herman Bagger
-Personal life:Herman Bagger was born in Lemvig in Jutland, Denmark to physician Eggert Christian Bagger and his wife Claudine Margrethe , née Borgen. He had one older brother and three younger siblings....
was brought in as co-editor. In 1844, however, Bagger left to form his own newspaper Bratsberg Amts Correspondent, later changed to Correspondenten
Correspondenten
Correspondenten was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Skien in Telemark county.Bratsberg Amts Correspondent was started on 1 January 1844, and changed its name in August 1846. It was the project of politician Herman Bagger. In 1842 he had started the newspaper Skiensposten, but he grew tired and...
. At the same time, Feilberg's newspaper reverted its name to Bratsberg Amtstidende. Bratsberg Amtstidende and Correspondenten would from now on become fierce rivals. Correspondenten was pressed by Jens Melgaard, a rival of Feilberg.
In 1837, when local government was introduced in Norway, Feilberg was elected to the first city council of Skien. He then served as mayor of Skien from 1838 to 1840. This was partially possible due to that County Governor Wedel Jarlsberg, who had sued him for libel earlier, had stepped down the same year. His rival Herman Bagger became both mayor and parliament member; Feilberg instead allied with another parliament member Frederik Charlow Sophus Borchsenius.
One of his sons, Karl (born 1828), became a school principal.