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| - Christian Birch-Reichenwald (4 January 1814 – 8 July 1891) was a Norwegian politician.He was born in Blaker to Paul Hansen Birch and Anna Catharina Hoffmand Stenersen. He married Jacobine Ida Sophie Motzfeldt, daughter of Peter Motzfeldt and niece of his own mother. The couple had two children; Anna Ernesta and Peter . During his University studies, he had been chairman in the Det Norske Studentersamfund. He was a member of the social circle Intelligenspartiet, and befriended such notable figures as Anton Martin Schweigaard, Bernhard Dunker and Johan Sebastian Welhaven there.He served as mayor of Christiania in 1846. In 1847 he was appointed County Governor of Smaalenene . While stationed here he was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1848 and 1854, representing the constituency of Moss og Drøbak. In 1855 he was appointed County Governor in the more central county of Akershus).In 1858 he was appointed Minister of Auditing. The road had been opened for Christian Birch-Reichenwald and his supporters, as Crown Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, who was viceroy of Norway at that time, had requested first minister and head of government Jørgen Herman Vogt to "tender his resignation". According to historians, Birch-Reichenwald and his friend Georg Christian Sibbern "used" Crown Prince Carl to their own gains. Birch-Reichenwald was Minister of Auditing for one year, then became a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm from 1859 to 1860, and then served as Minister of Justice and the Police from 1860 to 1861. In 1861, the governor-general position was discussed. Carl, who in the meantime had been coronated King, was unwilling to abolish this position, provoking Christian Birch-Reichenwald to resign. The governor-general office was not abolished until 1873.In 1862 Birch-Reichenwald was elected mayor of Christiania for the second time, serving through that year. He was also elected to a third parliamentary term, representing the constituency of Christiania, Hønefoss og Kongsvinger. From 1864 to 1865 he was mayor of Christiania for the third time, and in 1865 he was again elected to parliament. From 1869 to 1889 he served as district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver). He died in 1891 and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund. (en)
- Christian Birch-Reichenwald (født 1814, død 1891) var en norsk politiker. Han ble bare atten år gammel leder for Studentersamfundet. Blant hans venner i studietiden finner man Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Anton Martin Schweigaard og Bernhard Dunker. Han giftet seg med Peter Motzfeldts datter. Etter endt utdannelse begynte han å jobbe i Kirkedepartementet, der han ble ekspedisjonssjef. Senere hadde han en lang rekke embeter, blant annet som ordfører i Christiania, amtmann i Smaalenene, stortingsrepresentant, statsråd 1858-61 og sorenskriver 1869-89. Han var en god venn av kong Karl IV, og ettersom kongen rådførte seg med ham før avgjørelser ble tatt i regjeringen var han de facto regjeringssjef i tre år. Dette endret seg da han gikk imot kongen i en konflikt om Norges rettigheter, og forlot regjeringen i protest mot kongens avgjørelse. (no)
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