Peter Daniel B. W. Kildal Explained

Peter Daniel Baade Wind Kildal (4 October 1816  - 16 March 1881) was a Norwegian politician.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1857, 1862, 1865, 1868 and 1871. He represented the constituency of Christiania, Hønefoss og Kongsvinger.[1] During the last term he was President of the Storting, together with later Prime Minister Johan Sverdrup.[2] As Sverdrup, Kildal was a strong antagonist of the sitting government.[3]

Having graduated as cand.jur. in 1839,[3] he worked as a Supreme Court lawyer,[1] and was the Auditor General of Norway from 1854 to 1881.

Hailing from Borgund, he was the brother of Peter Wessel Wind Kildal, industrialist and father of Birger Kildal.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11586 Peter Daniel Baade Wind Kildal
  2. Web site: Presidents of the Storting . 2008-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080606033041/http://www.stortinget.no/representantene/presidenter_historisk.html . 2008-06-06 . dead .
  3. Encyclopedia: 2007 . Kildal, Peter Daniel Baade Wind . Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon . Kunnskapsforlaget .