Jens Ludvig Andersen Aars (23 December 1852 – 22 May 1919) was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 politician.

He was born in Christiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 as a son of Jens Ludvig Aars and Anette Lund, a nephew of Nils Fredrik Julius Aars

Nils Fredrik Julius Aars

Nils Fredrik Julius Aars was a Norwegian priest and politician.He was born in Enebakk as a son of priest and politician Jens Aars . His grandfather migrated to Norway from Aars, Denmark in 1757. Aars married Sophie Stabell, and the couple had several children, including the writer Sophus Christian...

 and a grandson of Jens Aars

Jens Aars

Jens Aars was a Norwegian priest and politician.He was the son of district stipendiary magistrate Jacob Aars , who had migrated to Norway from Aars, Denmark in 1757. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1821, representing the constituency of Nordlands Amt...

. In October 1876 he married Hansine Henriette Vogt (1850–1921). On the paternal side she was a sister of Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt

Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt

Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Conservative Party.He was born in Kristiania as the son of Nils Lorentz Vogt and his wife Karen Johanne Holmboe. His maternal grandfather was Hans Holmboe...

, and niece of Volrath Vogt, and on the maternal side she was a granddaughter of Hans Holmboe

Hans Holmboe

-Personal life:He was born in Trondenes as the son of bailiff Jens Holmboe and his wife Anna Margrethe Irgens . He had several brothers and sisters. His brothers Even and Leonhard Christian became involved in politics, so did his nephew Jens Holmboe.In 1825 he married Welgjerd Endriette Løberg,...

 and great-granddaughter of Jens Holmboe

Jens Holmboe (bailiff)

Jens Holmboe was a Norwegian bailiff. He is notable for his role in the settling of Målselvdalen.-Personal life:...

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Aars was known as the director of the bank Centralbanken for Norge. He was also the first chair of Oslo Chamber of Commerce. He served as mayor of Oslo from 1902 to 1904.