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3 unusual facts about Carsten Tank


Carsten Tank

Carsten Tank was married first to Bartha Sophie Leth (d. 1795) from Halden, and secondly to Catherine von Cappelen (1772–1837), sister of Didrich von Cappelen (1761–1828), who was the deputy for Skien to the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 which established the Constitution of Norway.

Carsten Tank was born at Rød Herregård, the family estate at Halden in Østfold County, Norway.

Nils Otto Tank

His father Carsten Tank (1766–1832) had been Minister of Finance on the governing council in Norway in 1814.



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