Johannes Benedictus Klingenberg

Johannes Benedictus Klingenberg (1817 – 1882) was a Norwegian military officer and engineer.

He was a son of bailiff Johan Nicolai Klingenberg (1777–1865), and also a granduncle of Odd Sverressøn Klingenberg and Kaare Sverressøn Klingenberg.^[1]

He worked in the country's capital Christiania. He organized the waterworks of the city in 1855, and had a national influence in this field. He became leader of the city fire department in 1861.^[2] In the military, he held the rank of major.^[1]

From 1860 to 1861 and 1872 to 1874 he was the chairman of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Klingenberg – Claus Andreas" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Klingenberg/Claus_Andreas. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
^ Henriksen, Petter, ed (2007). "Johannes Benedictus Klingenberg" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Johannes_Benedictus_Klingenberg. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
^ "PFs formenn 1852 - 2004" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Polytechnic Society. http://old.polyteknisk.no/formenn.html. Retrieved 27 November 2009.

Preceded by L. Segelcke	Chairman of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society 1860–1861	Succeeded by Kristian Kornelius Hagemann Brandt
Preceded by Cato Maximilian Guldberg	Chairman of the Norwegian Polytechnic Society 1872–1874	Succeeded by Cato Maximilian Guldberg

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Name	Klingenberg, Johannes Benedictus
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Date of birth	1817
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Date of death	1882
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