Edvard Eilert Christie
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Edvard Eilert Christie was a Norwegian businessperson and politician.

He was a son of postmaster and merchant in Christianssund
Kristiansund
Kristiansund is a city and municipality on the western coast of Norway, in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. It was officially awarded township status in 1742, and it is still the major town for the region. The administrative center of the municipality is the city of Kristiansund...

, Johann Koren Christie (1745–1823). He was a nephew of Werner Hosewinckel Christie and a brother of noted politician Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie was a Norwegian constitutional father, known for being the constitutional assembly's writer. -Background:...

. He was the father of writer Johan Koren Christie
Johan Koren Christie (writer)
Johan Koren Christie was a Norwegian writer. He was a notable nationalist writer in the middle of the nineteenth century.He was born in Kristiansund, the son of customs officer and politician Edvard Eilert Christie...

, and also an uncle of physicist Hartvig Caspar Christie
Hartvig Caspar Christie (physicist)
Hartvig Caspar Christie was a Norwegian mineralogist and physicist.-Personal life:He was born in Trondhjem as a son of naval commander Hartvig Caspar Christie and Martha Sophia Sylow...

, politician Hans Langsted Christie
Hans Langsted Christie
Hans Langsted Christie was a Norwegian jurist and politician.He was born in Fridalen in Aarstad a son of customs treasurer Werner Hosewinckel Christie...

 and architect Christian Christie
Christian Christie
Eilert Christian Brodtkorb Christie was a Norwegian architect.-Personal life:He was born in Bergen as a son of customs officer Werner Hosewinckel Christie and Hansine Langsted...

, and a granduncle of agricultural teacher Werner Hosewinckel Christie
Werner Hosewinckel Christie (1877–1927)
Werner Hosewinkel Christie was a Norwegian agricultural researcher.-Personal life:He was born in Hommelvik as a son of engineer Johan Koren Christie and Catherine Frederike Blom. He was a grandnephew of Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie and Edvard Eilert Christie and a nephew of politician Hans...

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Edvard Eilert Christie is best known for serving one term in the Parliament of Norway, being elected in 1824 from the constituency Christianssund og Molde. He was a merchant there, and also a customs officer. He died in 1831.
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