Background
Falch was the son of Michael Melchiorsøn Falch (died 1768) and Mette Marie Heiberg (1699–1766).
Falch was the son of Michael Melchiorsøn Falch (died 1768) and Mette Marie Heiberg (1699–1766).
Falch paid for the construction of a school in Bergen known as the Seminarium Fredericianum, in gratitude for which he was made the district magistrate for Sunnmøre in 1754. He inherited the Heiberg estate in Øvre Amla from his father. The property was rented out from 1754 to 1779, while Falch lived in Borgund.
Falch"s wife Christine was the daughter of Bishop Eiler Hagerup and she was also the cousin of Hans Strøm.
Falch was the brother-in-law of Hans Holtermann, who was married to an older daughter of Bishop Hagerup. Falch earned much money for his work in developing the fishing industry.
On November 2, 1773 he co-founded one of Norway"s first nonprofit organizations: the Syndmøre Practical Agricultural Society (Norwegian: Syndmøre practiske Landhuusholdningsselskab). Hans Strøm and other clergy also participated in the work.
lieutenant was modeled on the Royal Danish Agricultural Society (established in 1769) and similar societies in other European countries.
The society"s mission was to promote economic development, especially in agriculture. Its main activity was educational, such as handing out pamphlets and useful premiums (2 to 4 riksdaler) to farmers that carried out recommended measures to improve production. Falch himself ran a model farm in Borgund.
The society went into decline when Falch and Strøm left Sunnmøre in 1779.
He was active as a writer, and in 1769 he became a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters in Trondheim.