Rudolf Elias Peersen

Rudolf Elias Peersen (28 April 1868 – 5 February 1949) was a Norwegian lawyer and politician.

Rudolf Elias Peersen
Mayor of Kristiansand
In office 8 May 1945 – 31 December 1945
Preceded by	O. A. Fosby
Succeeded by	Karl Rosenløv
In office 1 January 1937 – 31 December 1940
Preceded by	Einar Jørgensen
Succeeded by	Anders Kjær
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 January 1931 – 31 December 1936
Constituency	Market towns of Vest-Agder and Rogaland counties
In office 1 January 1913 – 31 December 1918
Constituency	Baneheia
President of the Odelsting
In office 1917 – 31 December 1918
Succeeded by	Ole M. Mjelde
Minister of Defence
In office 20 February 1919 – 17 June 1919
Prime Minister	Gunnar Knudsen
Preceded by	Christian T. Holtfodt
Succeeded by	Ivar Aavatsmark
Personal details
Born	Rudolf Elias Peersen (1868-04-28)28 April 1868 Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Sweden-Norway
Died	5 February 1949(1949-02-05) (aged 80) Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Charlotte Margrethe Andersen ​ ​ (m. 1895)​

Peersen was born in Kristiansand on 28 April 1868, the son of Jens P. Peersen and Tomine Margrethe Ommundsen. He studied law at the University of Kristiania from 1888 to 1892. He became active in politics on the left, both locally and nationally. He was a member of Kristiansand city council at various times from 1905 to 1945, including being mayor from 1938 to 1940 and again in 1945. He represented Kristiansand in the national parliament from 1913 to 1919, briefly serving as Minister of Defence for a few months in 1919. He served as a member of the parliament again from 1930 to 1936. He was a member of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.