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Poul Steenstrup (10 December 1772 – 9 October 1864) was a businessman and Industrial entrepreneur who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814.〔(''1814 Steenstrup: Eidsvollsmann og industrigründer'' (Grunnlovsjubileet) )〕 〔(''Steenstrup, Poul, 1772-1864, Sølvværksdirektør'' (Dansk biografisk Lexikon / XVI. Bind) )〕 ==Biography== Poul Steenstrup was born the son of a Danish landowner at Egtved, in Vejle, Denmark. He studied surgery and science at the University of Copenhagen but did not take the final examination. In 1797, he came to Buskerud in Norway where he attended the Royal Norwegian Mining Academy (''kongelige norske Mining Academy'') in Kongsberg . From 1801 he undertook a three-year scholarship trip to German and Austrian ironworks and factories, principally in Freiberg and Vienna.〔('' Royal Norwegian Mining Academy'' (200 Kongsberg Timeline) )〕 Upon returning to Norway, he served as mining inspector at the Kongsberg Silver Mines. He was superintendent and manager of Kongsberg Ironworks (''Kongsberg Jernverk'') from the start of operations in 1809 until it was privatized in 1824. In 1813 he managed to win the backing of Prince Regent Christian Frederik (later Christian VIII of Denmark) to establish Norway's first factory, the Kongsberg Arms Factory (''Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk'') which opened in 1814. He was director of the Kongsberg Silver Mines from 1833 to 1840.〔(''Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk'' (Store norske leksikon) )〕〔(''Kongsberg jernverk'' (arkivportalen.no) )〕〔(''Kongsberg celebrates its 200th anniversary'' (Kongsberg Gruppen) )〕 Poul Steenstrup represented Kongsberg at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814. He was associated with the independence party (''Selvstendighetspartiet''). Steenstrup was also a member of the Norwegian Parliament during 1824-1826.〔(''Selvstendighetspartiet'' (Norsk partipolitisk leksikon) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Poul Steenstrup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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