Kristen Gran Gleditsch was a Norwegian military officer and topographer.

He was born in Overhalla

Overhalla

Overhalla is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ranemsletta . Other villages include Melen, Skage, Skogmo, Svalia, and Øysletta.The population is concentrated in the relatively broad...

 as a son of dean

Dean (religion)

A dean, in a church context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.-Anglican Communion:...

 Lars August Gleditsch (1814–1886). He was a brother of bishop Jens Gran Gleditsch

Jens Gran Gleditsch

Jens Gran Gleditsch was a Norwegian bishop and theologian. He was a brother of Kristen Gran Gleditsch.Gleditsch was born on 6 December 1860 in Voss, Søndre Bergenhus, Norway. He received his cand.theol. degree in 1883 from the University of Oslo. He was a chaplain in Lista from 1887 until 1891...

, an uncle of Ellen, Kristian

Kristian Gleditsch

Kristian Gleditsch, MBE was a Norwegian Mot Dag activist and geodesist.He was born in Tromsøysund as a son of headmaster Karl Kristian Gleditsch and Petra Birgitte Hansen . His family moved to Trondhjem and then Fredrikshald in 1905. From 1913 he lived with his sister Ellen Gleditsch...

 and Henry Gleditsch

Henry Gleditsch

Henry Cochrane Williamsen Gleditsch was a Norwegian actor and theatre director.He was born in Kristiania. In his young days he participated in skiing for SFK Lyn....

, and a first cousin once removed of Odd Gleditsch, Sr.

Odd Gleditsch, Sr.

Odd Gleditsch, Sr. was a Norwegian business entrepreneur. The founder of the paint company Jotun, he began as a paint distributor but then turned to manufacturing the paint himself. He was CEO of the company from 1926 to 1967.-Personal life:He was born in Sandefjord as a son of whaler Einar S...

 and Rolf Juell Gleditsch

Rolf Juell Gleditsch

Rolf Juell Gleditsch was a Norwegian painter.He was born in Vartdal. He was a second cousin of Odd, Ellen, Kristian and Henry Gleditsch, and a first cousin once removed of Kristen Gran Gleditsch and Jens Gran Gleditsch....

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He started a military career, and reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...

 in 1921. He had a parallel career in topography

Topography

Topography is the study of Earth's surface shape and features or those ofplanets, moons, and asteroids...

, as an employee in the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority (then known as Norges Geografiske Oppmåling) since 1898. He chaired the department of topography there from 1916 to 1932. He issued several maps and travelling books. He also chaired the Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature

Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature

The Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature , also known as Friends of the Earth Norway and commonly abbreviated NNV is the largest Norwegian environmental organization with 28,000 members. The organization is based on a volunteer work among the members, constituting work both at local and...

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