Jørgen Aall
| Jørgen Aall | |
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| Norwegian Constitutional Assembly | |
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In office 1814–1814 |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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In office 1815–1816 |
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| Born | February 22, 1771 |
| Died | April 7, 1833 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Independent |
| Profession | Merchant, shipbuilder and ship-owner |
Jørgen Aall (22 February 1771 – 7 April 1833) was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician.
Jørgen Aall was born in 1771 as the second son of Nicolai Benjamin Aall (1739–1798) and Amborg Jørgensdatter (1741–1815), née Wesseltoft. In total he had three brothers and three sisters. His brothers Niels and Jacob held high positions in politics, whereas his sister Benedicte Henricka married Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen of the influential Cappelen family, and another sister Inger married Hans Eleonardus Møller, Sr. As such his group of nephews would include later parliament member Hans Eleonardus Møller, political figures Ulrik Frederik Cappelen and Nicolai Benjamin Cappelen and publishing house founder Jørgen Wright Cappelen.
He married Birgitte Gurine Weyer (1770–1819) from Strømsø, daughter of counsellor of war Hans Thomas Weyer, in December 1793. They had six children, five daughters and one son. Of the daughters, Hanna Thomine and Constance respectively married the brothers Jørgen and Paulus Flood, both of whom served as mayors in the city.
Jørgen Aall was elected to the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly, that drafted the Constitution of Norway in 1814. He later sat in the Norwegian Parliament from 1815 to 1816, representing the constituency of Skien og Porsgrund. This was noteworthy as the city Skien, compared to Aall's native Porsgrund, had twice as many electors. For his political role, his headstone on Østsiden cemetery was, together with that of fellow Constitutional father Jens Schow Fabricius, regularly garlanded on Norwegian Constitution Day.
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