Aall (Norwegian family)
Encyclopedia
Aall is a prominent Norwegian family, originally from Aal in Jutland
(Denmark
). The family can be traced back to ca. 1500. Niels Aall immigrated in 1714 to Norway, where he became a wealthy merchant and ship-owner in Porsgrunn
Jutland
Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...
(Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
). The family can be traced back to ca. 1500. Niels Aall immigrated in 1714 to Norway, where he became a wealthy merchant and ship-owner in Porsgrunn
Porsgrunn
is a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Porsgrunn....
Famous members
- Jørgen AallJørgen AallJørgen Aall was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician.-Personal life:Jørgen Aall was born in 1771 as the second son of Nicolai Benjamin Aall and Amborg Jørgensdatter , née Wesseltoft. In total he had three brothers and three sisters...
(1771-1833), merchant and member of the Eidsvoll assembly - Nils Aall (1769–1854), cabinet minister
- Jacob Aall (1773–1844), politician and historian
- Hans J. C. AallHans J. C. AallHans Jørgen Christian Aall was a Norwegian politician.He was born on Næs iron works in Holt as the son of Jacob Aall. Like his father, his uncles Niels and Jacob were involved in politics, whereas his aunt Benedicte Henricka married Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen, and another sister Inger married...
, politician
Literature
- Haagen Krog SteffensHaagen Krog SteffensHaagen Krog Steffens was a Norwegian historian, archivist and genealogist.Haagen Krog Steffens was born in Christiania, the son of physician Henrich Steffens and Asta Falch. Steffens belonged to a family originating in Holstein...
, Slægten Aall, Kristiania 1908, med senere tilleggsbind - H. Cappelen, Norske slektsvåpen (2. opplag), Oslo 1976
- Herman Leopoldus Løvenskiold: «Heraldisk nøkkel», Oslo 1978