Kristian Ludvig Andreassen Hopp (11 June 1870 – 24 June 1954) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Kragerø Kragerø () is a List of cities in Norway, town and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold og Telemark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional regions of Grenland and the smaller Vestmar. ...

as a son of shipmaster Lorentz Andreassen and his wife Anne Marie Olsen. He graduated from Hamar Teachers' College in 1889, and took the examen artium in 1892. He worked as a teacher in

Grimstad Grimstad () is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It belongs to the geographical region of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Grimstad. Some of the villages in Grimstad include Eide, Espenes, Fevik, ...

from 1892 to 1895, then in

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 was a member of the executive committee of Bergen city council from 1903 to 1919, representing the Labour Party, and was the Mayor of Bergen in 1918 and 1919. he also represented his party in the

Defence Commission of 1920 Defense or defence may refer to: Tactical, martial, and political acts or groups * Defense (military), forces primarily intended for warfare * Civil defense, the organizing of civilians to deal with emergencies or enemy attacks * Defense industr ...

. In parliamentary elections Hopp was a losing candidate four times, in

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

and

1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...

. On the first and last occasion he lost to Fredrik Ludvig Konow, on the two others to

Johan Ludvig Mowinckel Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (22 October 1870 – 30 September 1943) was a Norwegian statesman, shipping magnate and philanthropist. He served as the 16th prime minister of Norway during three separate terms. Biography Johan Ludwig Mowinckel was born ...

. Hopp always stood in the constituency Nordnes. Together with Anna Christine Meidell (1875–1945) he had the sons

Einar Meidell Hopp Einar Meidell Hopp (1 December 1899 – 18 May 1956) was a Norwegian broadcasting personality. He was born in Bergen, a son of Kristian Hopp and Anna Christine Meidell. He was the brother of Egil Meidell Hopp. He married Zinken Hopp in 1932. ...

and

Egil Meidell Hopp Egil Meidell Hopp (6 October 1898 – 9 November 1972) was a Norwegian journalist and intelligence agent. He was born in Bergen, a son of Kristian Hopp and Anna Christine Meidell. He was a brother of Einar Meidell Hopp. He finished his second ...

. Through the former, he was the father-in-law of

Zinken Hopp Signe Marie "Zinken" Hopp, née Brochmann (9 January 1905 – 3 September 1987) was a Norwegian writer, poet, playwright. She wrote in several genres: cultural-historical books, poems and travel stories. She translated children's books and was ...

. Kristian Hopp died in 1954.

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1870 births 1954 deaths Norwegian educators Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of Bergen People from Kragerø {{Norway-politician-1870s-stub