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Norwegian politician
Hans Jørgen Christian Aall
(4 November 1806 ? 24 February 1894) was a
Norwegian
jurist and elected official.
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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
and
Jacob
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.
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As such he was a cousin of political figures
Hans Eleonardus Møller
,
Ulrik Frederik Cappelen
and
Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen
and publishing house founder
Jørgen Wright Cappelen
.
Aall attended Drammen Latin School and was graduated in 1822. He studied law at the
University of Christiania
and was awarded a
Master of Arts
degree in 1827.
Aall started his career as a jurist. From 1840 Aall worked as an
assessor
at the higher dioceseal court of
Bergen
. He also became involved in politics, having been elected to the
Norwegian Parliament
in 1842 and 1845.
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From 1846 to 1877 served as
County Governor of
Bratsberg
(now Telemark). He had married Mariane, nee 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
.
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While a parliament member he served as
President of the Storting
several times.
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He was a proponent of development of transport and communications, especially railroad from
Drammen
to
Skien
and the
sluice
canal
in the
Skien watershed
. This canal would become the
Telemark Canal
(
Telemarkskanalen
).
Aall later moved to
Christiania
(now Oslo) with his wife. They had no children.
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