Kristian Welhaven

Kristian Welhaven, Norwegian police officer (died 1975)

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Born: October 11, 1883
Died: July 27, 1975
Zodiac sign: Libra
Birth year: 1883

About Kristian Welhaven

Kristian Welhaven was a Norwegian police officer. He was chief of police of Oslo for 27 years, from 1927 to 1954. He was a leading force in establishing an organized Norwegian intelligence service before World War II, and in re-establishing it after the war. During the war years Welhaven was arrested by the Germans and imprisoned in both Norway and Germany, before spending the remainder of the war as a civilian internee in Bavaria. In addition to these three he was a first cousin of Hjalmar Welhaven.

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The world when Kristian Welhaven was born

Kristian Welhaven was born in 1883. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineBrooklyn Bridge opens after 14 years of construction
Technology milestoneFirst standardized time zones adopted
World population~1.43B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
U.S. population52.8M

1883 versus 2026

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Measure	1883	2026
Population	52.8M	341 million

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