Office: | Minister of Finance |
Term Start: | 22 October 1903 |
Term End: | 1 September 1904 |
Primeminister: | Francis Hagerup |
Predecessor: | Gunnar Knudsen |
Successor: | Christian Michelsen |
Term Start2: | 15 November 1895 |
Term End2: | 17 February 1898 |
Primeminister2: | Francis Hagerup |
Predecessor2: | Fredrik S. Lund |
Successor2: | Elias Sunde |
Office3: | Minister of Labour |
Term Start3: | 15 November 1887 |
Term End3: | 17 February 1888 |
Primeminister3: | Johan Sverdrup |
Predecessor3: | Hans Rasmus Astrup |
Successor3: | Aimar Sørenssen |
Office4: | Minister of Justice |
Term Start4: | 15 September 1887 |
Term End4: | 15 November 1887 |
Primeminister4: | Johan Sverdrup |
Predecessor4: | Aimar Sørenssen |
Successor4: | Jacob Stang |
Office5: | Minister of Auditing |
Term Start5: | 22 October 1903 |
Term End5: | 1 September 1904 |
Primeminister5: | Francis Hagerup |
Predecessor5: | Otto Blehr |
Successor5: | Paul B. Vogt |
Term Start6: | 16 July 1884 |
Term End6: | 1 November 1886 |
Primeminister6: | Johan Sverdrup |
Predecessor6: | Johan Sverdrup |
Successor6: | Jakob Sverdrup |
Office7: | Minister of Postal Affairs |
Term Start7: | 1 May 1885 |
Term End7: | 31 December 1885 |
Primeminister7: | Johan Sverdrup |
Successor7: | Position abolished |
Birth Date: | 15 April 1849 |
Birth Place: | Christiania, United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway |
Death Place: | Christiania, Norway |
Party: | Liberal |
Children: | Arne Kildal |
Birger Kildal (15 April 1849 – 13 December 1913) was a Norwegian attorney and businessman. He served as politician with the Liberal Party and was appointed District Governor in Romsdal.[1]
Kildal was born at Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of businessman and merchant Peter Wessel Wind Kildal and his wife, Christine Marie Gotaas (1817-1900). He took his law degree in 1871 and first worked as a lawyer in Hammerfest. He later went to work in his father's various commercial and industrial enterprises including Lilleborg Fabrikker which his father had founded in 1833.[2] [3]
Kildal had several cabinet posts in the cabinets of Prime Ministers Johan Sverdrup and Francis Hagerup. He was Minister of Auditing 1884–1886, as well as head of the Ministry of Postal Affairs in 1885. later, he was a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1886-1887 and 1904–1905, Minister of Justice and Minister of Labour 1887, Minister of Labour 1887–1888, Minister of Finance 1895–1898, and Minister of Finance and Minister of Auditing 1903–1904.[4]
During the general election in 1903, he was elected as a representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Christiania, Hønefoss and Kongsvinger. In 1906, Kildal was appointed district governor in Romsdal and held this office until his death.[5]
Birger Kildal was married to Sofienlund Berger (1851-1940). They were the parents of author Arne Kildal.[6] [7]