Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln (12 March 1838 – 19 June 1917) was a Norwegian merchant and politician. Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) Ameln was born at Bergen in Hordaland, Norway. He was the son of Christian Gerhard Ameln (1809-1872) and Laura Therese Pauline (Wennberg) Ameln (1817-1888). He was from a merchant family and was an uncle of

Henrik Ameln Henrik Ameln (29 April 1879 – 17 September 1961) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party. He was a mayor of Bergen, and served five terms in the Parliament of Norway. Personal life He was born in Bergen and grew up on ...

and Haakon Ameln. He worked as a merchant and shipowner. He was the mayor of Bergen and was the chairman of the Bergen Chamber of Commerce. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1889 representing the constituency of Bergen.

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1838 births 1917 deaths Norwegian merchants Members of the Storting Politicians from Bergen Norwegian people of German descent 19th-century Norwegian businesspeople {{Norway-politician-1830s-stub