Peter Severin Steenstrup
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He was the son of Constitutional founding father and businessman Poul Steenstrup
Poul Steenstrup
Poul Steenstrup was a mining supervisor and politician, born in Egtved, Denmark, and settled in Kongsberg, Norway. He represented Kongsberg at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814.-References:...
and Thea Collett.
Steenstrup was a Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant Commander is a commissioned officer rank in many navies. The rank is superior to a lieutenant and subordinate to a commander...
in the Norwegian navy, and founded the shipbuilding company Akers Mekaniske Verksted
Aker Yards
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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...
. He was one of the founders of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society, and was its chairman from 1853 to 1854.
In April 1835 he married his second cousin Sophie Augusta Collett (1811–1872). Sophie Augusta Collett was the daughter of Johan Collett
Johan Collett
Johan Collett was a Norwegian politician.-Personal life:He was born as the youngest living son of Johan Collett, Sr. and Else Elisabeth Jensen . He had both older and younger siblings, but many died young. One of his brothers Jonas was a politician too.He married Christiane Birgithe de Stockfleth...
and niece of Jonas Collett
Jonas Collett
Jonas Collett was a Norwegian civil servant and politician. Being known as one of the "Eidsvoll men", he played an important role in the events of Norway in 1814....
, both of whom were Constitutional founding fathers. In addition she was the sister of Peter Jonas Collett, and as such sister-in-law of writer Camilla Collett
Camilla Collett
Jacobine Camilla Collett was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature...
. Their son Peter Steenstrup became a military officer as well. He married Marie Hiorth Kielland in July 1873.
Peter Severin Steenstrup was buried at the Vår Frelsers gravlund
Vår Frelsers gravlund
Vår Frelsers gravlund is a cemetery in Oslo, Norway, located north of Hammersborg in Gamle Aker district. It was created in 1808 as a result of the great famine and cholera epidemic of the Napoleonic Wars. Its grounds were extended in 1911. The cemetery has been full since 1952...
. A street in Oslo, Steenstrups gate was named for him.