Aage Schavland (6 November 1806 – 20 March 1876) was a Norwegian priest and Member of Parliament. Aage Schavland was born in

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Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...

. He took his entrance examination in 1826 and was granted his Theology degree in 1829. In 1834, became vicar of the parish of

Stranda Stranda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stranda. Stranda consists of three smaller villages and one larger central villag ...

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. From 1840 he was dean of the northern area of

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. From 1844 to 1861, he was vicar at Herøy in

. From 1861 he was assistant pastor at

Nidaros Cathedral Nidaros Cathedral ( no, Nidarosdomen / Nidaros Domkirke) is a Church of Norway cathedral located in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county. It is built over the burial site of Olav II of Norway, King Olav II (c. 995–1030, reigned 1015–102 ...

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. Schavland was mayor of Herøy in

from 1846 to 1849 and again from 1854 to 1857. He was also mayor of Trondheim in 1865 and deputy mayor from 1867 to 1868. He was elected to the

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for several periods. From 1848 to 1850, from 1851 to 1853, and from 1857 to 1858 he represented Romsdals Amt. From 1865 to 1867 and from 1868 to 1870 he represented ''Trondhjem og Levanger'' (now

Nord-Trøndelag Nord-Trøndelag (; "North Trøndelag") was a county constituting the northern part of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. The county was established in 1804 when the old Trondhjems amt was divided into two: Nordre Trondhjems amt and S ...

and

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). Schavland was married to Gerhardine Pauline Bergh (1817–1884). They were the parents of eight children including Olaf Skavlan, Aage Skavlan, Sigvald Skavlan and Harald Skavlan, the in-laws of Ludvig Daae and grandparents of

Einar Skavlan Einar Kielland Skavlan (30 July 1882 – 16 August 1954) was a Norwegian journalist, newspaper editor, theatre critic and theatre director. Biography Skavlan was born in Frogn. His father, Olaf Skavlan, was writer, literary historian and prof ...

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1806 births 1876 deaths People from Strand, Norway Norwegian priest-politicians Members of the Storting Møre og Romsdal politicians Politicians from Trondheim {{Norway-politician-1800s-stub