Ole Andreas Krogness (politician)
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Ole Andreas Krogness (21 March 1802 – 23 July 1869) was a Norwegian businessperson, merchant and politician.
Krogness was born at Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. He was a son of Jakob Nielsen Krogness and Karen Olsdatter. He moved to Trondhjem (now Trondheim) in his youth, and started as a merchant's apprentice for the mercantile business of Arent Solem in the neighborhood of Bakklandet.[1] He later married the widow Anne Bergithe Dahl, and took over the company of her former husband Christopher Dahl. Krogness' stepson Odin Chr. Dahl took over around 1850.[1][2]
Krogness was a board member of Trondhjems Sparebank from 1843 to 1869 and Norges Bank from 1846 to 1869. In 1840, he was a co-founder of Trolla Brug, an enterprise which included a number of grain mills, sheet metal, copper and nail work. He became a member of the city council in the 1840s,[1] and was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1848, and was re-elected in 1851, 1857 and 1859, representing the constituency of Trondhjem og Levanger (now Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag).[3][4] [1]
Personal life
Krogness died in July 1869.[2] The street Krogness gate at Øya in Trondheim was named after him.[1]His grandson Ole Andreas Krogness (born 1886) was a notable physicist.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Brissach, Ingrid J. (26 September 2002). "Krogness gate". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- 1 2 Personalhistorie for Trondhjems by og omegn i et tidsrum af circa 1 1/2 aarhundrede, by Chr. Thaulow. Hosted by Trondheim public library.
- ↑ "Trolla Brug". Strinda historielags leksikon. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Ole Andreas Krogness" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD). Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ↑ Brekke, Asgeir. "Ole Andreas Krogness". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 April 2010.