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Wilhelm Christopher Christophersen (15 December 1832 – 26 July 1913) was a Norwegian diplomat, noted for his contributions in facilitating the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905 and later his service as Minister of Foreign Affairs. ==Biography== The son of a customs official in Brevik, he was a brother of Christian Christophersen and Peter Christophersenn and the grand-uncle of Erling Christophersen. He earned his examen artium in 1850. After a brief career as a private tutor in the Netherlands, Christophersen entered the study of law at the Royal Frederick University in 1853, graduating in 1857. He worked as a language teacher to finance his education. From 1857 he worked in the Ministry of Auditing, but in 1859 his language skills got him an assignment within the Ministry of the Interior's office for trade and consular affairs. In 1864 he was transferred to the Swedish-Norwegian foreign service.〔 He served as consul in Barcelona from 1864〔 and in Buenos Aires from 1868 to 1870, and then as consul-general in the same city until 1878. Having secured this position, he was stationed in Paris; Leith, Scotland; and Antwerp. Upon the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905, he stayed in Antwerp in the same position, only for the Norwegian government.〔 In March 1908, he was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first cabinet of Gunnar Knudsen, where he served until February 1910, when the cabinet resigned.〔 He was married to Berta Alexandra Juliane Carola Juhlin-Dannfelt, a Swedish citizen, since June 1876.〔 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「Wilhelm Christopher Christophersen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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