Background
He was born in Kristiania as the youngest son of landowner and industrialist Haaken C. Mathiesen.
politician member of the Parliament of Norway
He was born in Kristiania as the youngest son of landowner and industrialist Haaken C. Mathiesen.
He finished his secondary education in 1888, graduated from the agricultural school at Sem in 1890 and also took agricultural education in Denmark.
Having many political positions in Aker, Mathiesen was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1900 from the constituency Akershus Amt. He served one term. On 22 October 1903, when the Hagerup"s Second Cabinet assumed office, he was appointed as the new Minister of Agriculture. He lasted until 25 September 1904, when he was replaced by Johan Egeberg Mellbye.
He was also the chairman of Fællesslagteriet from 1911 to 1936, Akers Sparebank from 1918 to 1945, Fellesbanken from 1921 to 1928 as well as Forsikringsselskapet Norden.
He died in 1953.
He was married to Celina Ihlen (1874–1948), a daughter of Conservative Party co-founder Jacob Thurmann Ihlen and his Belgian wife Ambrosine Rouquet. They had the son Haaken C. Mathiesen, Junior. Christian Pierre Mathiesen was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of Saint Olav and Commander, First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog.
He was a supervisory council member of the Royal Norwegian Society for Development.
