Andreas Meling

Andreas Meling (22 September 1839 8 August 1928) was a Norwegian ship owner and politician.

Biography

He was born in Sole as a son of bailiff Enok Torgersen and Elen Røgh Skavlan. In 1864 he married Lina Monsen,[1] whose brother was a locally known painter[2] and sister married Peter Hærem.[3] Meling was a shipmaster for much of his career, until 1881.[1]

He served as Mayor of Stavanger from 1893. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1894,[4] after having previously served as a deputy representative.[5] He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1896.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Hvem er hvem? 1912
  2. Hagemann, Sonja. "M.G. Monsen". Norsk kunstnerleksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  3. Voksø, Per. "Peter Hærem". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 Amundsen, O. Delphin (1947). Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden (in Norwegian). Oslo: Grøndahl. p. 288.
  5. "Andreas Meling" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 24 December 2013.
Political offices
Preceded by
Søren Tobias Årstad
Mayor of Stavanger
1893–1894
Succeeded by
Henrik Finne
Preceded by
Henrik Finne
Mayor of Stavanger
1896
Succeeded by
Hans Lindahl Falck
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