Mathias Bille Kjørboe Explained

Mathias Bille Kjørboe
Birth Date:28 April 1794
Birth Place:Moss, Norway
Death Place:Christianssand, Norway
Citizenship:Norway
Nationality:Norwegian
Education:Cand.jur. (1815)
Profession:Lawyer
Office:Diocesan Governor of Christianssand stiftamt
Term Start:1852
Term End:1859
Predecessor:Carl Valentin Falsen
Successor:Niels Petersen Vogt

Mathias Bille Kjørboe (1794–1859) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician. He served as a member of the Storting for 14 years. He also served as the County Governor of Lister og Mandal county from 1852 until his death in 1859.

Kjørboe was the son of a lawyer. He was a student from the Christianssand Cathedral School in 1810 and received his cand.jur. degree in 1815 in Copenhagen. After that he worked in the judicial office of his father in Østre Råbygdelaget in Nedenæs county. In 1817 he became a court prosecutor in Kristiansand. From 1821 until 1823 he was the acting judge in Vestre Råbygdelaget in Nedenæs county. From 1829 until 1843, he was an assessor in the court in Kristiansand. In 1843 he got the job as a judge in Lyngdal. In 1852, he was appointed the Diocesan Governor of Christianssand stiftamt as well as the County Governor of Lister of Mandals amt (a subordinate county).[1]

Kjørboe was also a representative from Kristiansand in the Storting from 1827 until 1841.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lindstøl, Tallak . Stortinget og statsraadet : samt tillæg. B. 1 D. 1 : Biografier A-K . Steen'ske bogtrykkeri . 1914 . Kristiania, Norge . 479 . Norwegian.
  2. Web site: Biografier Mathias Bille Kjørboe . 1 November 2020 . NSD – Norsk senter for forskningsdata AS . Norwegian.