Aall is a prominent Norwegian family, originally from Aal in

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). The family's oldest known ancestor is ''Søren Nielsen'', who was a

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in Aal until 1534, when he lost his farm. The family immigrated to Norway in 1714 with Niels Aall the older, who became a merchant and ship-owner in

Porsgrunn is a city and municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn. The municipality of Porsgrunn was ...

. The family was part of the

Patriciate of Norway The Norwegian patriciate (in Norwegian ''borgerskap'' or ''patrisiat'') was a social class in Norway from the 17th century until the modern age; it is typically considered to have ended sometime during the 19th or early 20th century as a distinct ...

from the 18th century.

Notable members

* Nicolai Benjamin Aall (1739–1798), merchant and shipowner *

Jørgen Aall Jørgen Aall (22 February 1771
by Inga Friis. Hosted by Porsgrunn public library. – 7 April 1833) was a

(1771–1833), merchant and member of the Eidsvoll assembly *

Niels Aall Niels Aall (1 December 1769 – 23 October 1854) was a Norwegian estate owner, businessman and politician. Family Niels Aall was the son of lumber merchant Nicolai Benjamin Aall (1739–98) from Porsgrunn and his wife Amjørg Jørgensdatter ...

(1769–1854), cabinet minister *

Jacob Aall Jacob Aall (27 July 1773 – 4 August 1844) was a Norwegian politician, historian, landowner and government economist. He was born the son of Nicolai Benjamin Aall (1739-1798), who was a merchant in Porsgrunn, Norway and owner of Ulefos Manor ...

(1773–1844), politician and historian * Hans J. C. Aall, politician

Literature

Haagen Krog Steffens Haagen Krog Steffens (30 April 1873 – 9 May 1917) was a Norwegian historian, archivist and genealogist. Haagen Krog Steffens was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was the son of physician Henrich Steffens (1841-1984) and Asta Falch ...

, ''Slægten Aall'', Kristiania 1908, med senere tilleggsbind * Hans Cappelen, ''Norske slektsvåpen'' (Norwegian Family Coats of Arms), Oslo 1969 (2. ed 1976), p. 51 *

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: «Heraldisk nøkkel», Oslo 1978 Norwegian families Patriciate of Norway {{Norway-stub