Hans Jørgen Christian Aall (4 November 1806 – 24 February 1894) was a
Norwegian
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jurist and elected official.
Biography
He was born on Næs Jernverk in Holt (now Tvedestrand) in Aust-Agder, Norway. He was the son of Jacob Aall (1773–1844) and Lovise Andrea Stephansen (1779–1825). Like his father, his uncles
Niels
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and
Jacob
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were involved in politics. His aunt Benedicte Henrikke Aall (1772–1812), married
Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen
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Hans Eleonardus Møller
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Jørgen Wright Cappelen
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He was one of the founders of the publishing house Cappelen Damm.
Personal life
Jørgen Wright Cappelen was born at Porsgrund, Norway as the nin ...
.
Aall attended Drammen Latin School and was graduated in 1822. He studied law at the
University of Christiania
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and was awarded a
Master of Arts
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degree in 1827.
Aall started his career as a jurist. From 1840 Aall worked as an assessor 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 o ...
. He also became involved in politics, having been elected to the
Norwegian Parliament
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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
Gjerpen is a former township which is now part of the municipality of Skien, in Telemark county, Norway.
Location
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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
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several times.
He was a proponent of development of transport and communications, especially railroad from
Drammen
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to
Skien Skien () is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county in Norway. In modern times it is regarded as part of the traditional region of Grenland, although historically it belonged to Grenmar/Skiensfjorden, while Grenland referred the ...
canal
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in the
Skien watershed
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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
The Telemark Canal connects the towns Skien and Dalen in southern Norway by linking several long lakes in the Skien watershed through a series of 18 locks.
It originally consisted of two canals. The Norsjø–Skien Canal, with locks in Skien a ...
(''Telemarkskanalen'').
Aall later moved to Christiania (now Oslo) with his wife. They had no children.