Peder Kjerschow

Peder Kjerschow (5 June 1857 – 10 December 1944) was a Norwegian judge.

He was born in Tromsøe,^[1] as a son of Christian Collett Kjerschow and grandson of Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow. Through marriage he was a nephew of Jacob Andreas Michelsen and first cousin of Christian Michelsen. He was also a great-grandfather of Arild Kjerschow, born 1944.^[2]

He became a public prosecutor in 1891, presiding judge in 1902 and Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions in 1911. He retired in 1929. He issued several books.^[1]