Chr. (Christian) Broch

Born in Christiania in 1855, Christian Fredrik Broch was a Norwegian theologian and teacher. Reliable Norwegian biographical sources identify him as both a theologian and an educator, and record that he died in 1889.

Broch is best known in book records as "Chr. Broch," the co-author, with M. Seip, of Norsk literaturhistorie for gymnasiet, lærerskoler og høiere folkeskoler. The title itself shows the book’s purpose clearly: it was written for gymnasiums, teacher-training schools, and higher elementary schools, which suggests that Broch’s writing was aimed at students and teachers rather than a narrow academic audience.

Little else could be confirmed from the sources I found, so it seems best to remember him simply as a late-19th-century Norwegian educator who helped shape how literature was taught in schools. No suitable verified portrait image was available from the sources checked.