Morten Michael Kallevig, Ridder

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Morten Michael Kallevig (16 April 1842 – 1 Dec 1936) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician.

He was born in Arendal as a son of consul Emil Kallevig (1807–1889) and Margaretha Dedekam (1809–1883). In 1868 he married Wilhelmine Petrea Franziska Skrike, from Copenhagen. They had the sons Adolf Skrike Kallevig, Julius Skrike Kallevig and Johannes Kallevig who all became businessmen.

Morten Michael Kallevig spent his career as owner of the company Salve Kallevig & Søn, founded by his great-grandfather Salve Johannessøn Kallevig in 1792 and expanded by his grandfather Morten Michael Kallevig. He also owned Tangen Reperbane and Arendals Tobaksfabrik and was vice consul for the United Kingdom for about fifty years from 1872. This consul position had been inherited from father to son since the early 1800s. Kallevig was also Danish consul until 1907.

He was a board member of Agdesidens Bank, Arendals Sjøforsikringsselskab, Arendals Dampskibsselskab and Nordisk Defence Club, and member of Arendal city council. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav and the Order of Vasa, and a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.

Wife: Wilhelmine Petrea Franziska Skrike - 28 Nov 1846 i Arendal

Married: 1 Oct 1868

Children

1. Emil Kallevig - 22 Jun 1869
2. Adolf Skrike Kallevig - 26 Nov 1870
3. William Skrike Kallevig - 25 Jun 1872
4. Helene Boe (Kallevig) - 27 Jan 1874
5. Julius Skrike Kallevig f. 22.11.1875
6. Iver Haslund Kallevig - 22 Sep 1877, d. 19.07.1923, ugift
7. Johannes Salve Kallevig - 5 Aug 1879
8. Otto Kallevig - 1 Sep 1882, d. 05.11.1918 (spanskesyken), gravlagt på Arendal kirkegård. Gift 01.03.1916, med Margaretha Irgens, f. 12.05.1873 i Oslo (datter av Johan Andreas Irgens og Hanne Dedekam Kallevig), d. 09.06.1955
9. Viggo Kallevig - 23 Apr 1885
10. Halvdan Kallevig - 11 Aug 1889, d. 31.08.1936, gravlagt på Arendal kirkegård, ugift.

Sources

• English Wikipedia: Morten Michael Kallevig (1842–1936)
• online.no - # 352: Morten Michael Kallevig 1842
• arkivverket.no: Morten Michael Kallevig 1842
• tore.vamraak.no: Morten Michael Kallevig
• munthe.net: KALLEVIG, Morten Michael
• Census 1865 - Arendal: Morten Michael Kallevig
• Census 1900 - Arendal: Morten Kallevig 1842
• blomqvist.no: Lysekronen er angivelig innkjøpt av Kitty og Morten Michael Kallevig fra Frankrike på 1820-tallet.

Parish register

• Birth and baptism records men 1842, Aust-Agder county, Arendal, Parish register copy nr. B 2 (1838-1860), page 13: Morten Michael Kallevig - 16 Apr 1842 - Arendal

1. Helene Kallevig - 27 Jan 1874 - Arendal
2. Iver Haslund Kallevig - 22 Sept 1877 - Arendal
3. Johannis Salve Kallevig - 5 Aug 1879 - Arendal
4. Otto Kallevig - 1 Sep 1882 - Arendal
5. Viggo Kallevig - 23 Apr 1885 - Arendal