Background
Christen (Andersen) Mølbach was born in Kristiansand in Vest-Agder, Norway, the son of Anders Christensen Mølbach (1735, died 1809 in Bergen. Merchant) and Andrea Anthonette Kierulff (1733, died 1808 in Bergen).
politician member of the Parliament of Norway
Christen (Andersen) Mølbach was born in Kristiansand in Vest-Agder, Norway, the son of Anders Christensen Mølbach (1735, died 1809 in Bergen. Merchant) and Andrea Anthonette Kierulff (1733, died 1808 in Bergen).
Christen Mølbach established himself as a merchant and official at Egersund in Rogaland, succeeding Hercules Weyer as "sorenskriver" (senior local official) and marrying Weyer"s widow, Inger Margrethe Kiærulf, who was also Mølbach"s second cousin (date of marriage: January 23, 1797). With this marriage, he acquired considerable wealth. Mølbach also served as both the Danish and Dutch vice-consul in Egersund.
The couple lived at Næsgaard, an estate in Egersund.
They had no children. Mølbach"s sister"s children, the Buckinghamshire of Hammerfest, succeeded them at Næsgaard In 1814, he represented Stavanger amt (now Rogaland) at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll.
He generally supported the union party Unionspartiet). Holme Jørn (2014) De kom fra alle kanter - Eidsvollsmennene og deres hus (Oslo: Cappelen Damm).
Ten years later he was a member of the Parliament of Norway.