Hans Jørgen Christian Aall (4 November 1806 – 24 February 1894) was a Norwegian jurist and elected official.

Biography

He was born on

Næs Jernverk Næs Ironworks ( no, Næs Jernverk or ''Næs verk'') in Holt (now part of Tvedestrand municipality, in Aust-Agder county, Norway), was an iron works which started operation in 1665 under the name “Baaseland Værk”. The blast furnace and ...

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(now Tvedestrand) in

Aust-Agder Aust-Agder (, en, "East Agder") was a county (''fylke'') in Norway until 1 January 2020, when it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . The ...

, Norway. He was the son of

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) and Lovise Andrea Stephansen (1779–1825). Like his father, his uncles Niels and

Jacob Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...

were involved in politics. His aunt Benedicte Henrikke Aall (1772–1812), married Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen and another aunt Inger Aall (1774–1856) married

Hans Eleonardus Møller Sr. Hans Eleonardus Møller Sr. (1780 – 8 April 1860
in ''Gjerpen. En bygdebok'', by J. L. Qvisling. Hosted by ...

As such he was a cousin of political figures Hans Eleonardus Møller,

Ulrik Frederik Cappelen Ulrik Frederik Cappelen (13 May 1797 – 24 November 1864) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. Personal life Ulrik Frederik Cappelen was born in 1795 as the second child of ship-owner Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen (1770–1820) and his ...

and

Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen (1795–1866) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. Personal life Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen was the first child of Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen (1770–1820) and his wife Benedicte Henrikke, née Aall (1772–1812).

and publishing house founder

Jørgen Wright Cappelen Jørgen Wright Cappelen (10 August 1805 – 6 October 1878) was a Norwegian bookseller and publisher. He was one of the founders of the publishing house Cappelen Damm. Personal life Jørgen Wright Cappelen was born at Porsgrund, Norway as the nint ...

. Aall attended Drammen Latin School and was graduated in 1822. He studied law at the

University of Christiania The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

and was awarded a

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

degree in 1827. Aall started his career as a jurist. From 1840 Aall worked as an

assessor An assessor may be: * ''Assessor'' (fish), a genus of fishes * Assessor (law), the assistant to a judge or magistrate * Assessor (Oxford), a senior officer of the University of Oxford * Assessor (property), an expert who calculates the value of pr ...

at the higher dioceseal court of

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

. He also became involved in politics, having been elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1842 and 1845.Hans Jørgen Christian Aall born 1806
- Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) From 1846 to 1877 served as County Governor of ''Bratsberg'' (now Telemark). He had married Mariane, née Møller (1812–1897), from Gjerpen and settled there. He was re-elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1851, 1854, 1859–60, 1862–63 and 1868–1869, representing the rural constituency of ''Bratsberg Amt''. While a parliament member he served as President of the Storting several times. He was a proponent of development of transport and communications, especially railroad from Drammen to Skien and the

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canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow un ...

in the

Skien watershed The Skien watershed is the third largest watershed of Norway after those of the Glomma and the Drammen rivers. The catchment area is , and the maximum length is . The Skien watershed includes rivers which feed Lake Norsjø above Skien; * Vinje ...

. This canal would become the Telemark Canal (''Telemarkskanalen''). Aall later moved to Christiania (now Oslo) with his wife. They had no children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aall, Hans 1806 births 1894 deaths People from Aust-Agder University of Oslo alumni Norwegian jurists County governors of Norway Presidents of the Storting Members of the Storting Politicians from Bergen Politicians from Telemark Politicians from Skien

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19th-century Norwegian politicians