Christian Ancher (27 July 1711 – 9 January 1765) was a Norwegian merchant, timber trader and ship owner.

[1] Ancher was born in Søndre Land in Oppland, Denmark-Norway.

He was the son of Bernt Ancher (1680–1724) and Karen Tanche (1685–1758).

The son of a vicar in the Church of Norway, he trained in the trading house established by cousins James Collett (1655–1727) and Peder Leuch (1692–1746) in Christiania (now Oslo).

They were the parents of four sons: Bernt Anker who was a merchant and owner of Frogner Manor, Peder Anker who became Prime Minister of Norway and was owner of Bogstad Manor, as well as Iver (1745–1772) and Jess (1753–1798).