Jens Ludvig Andersen Aars

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

He was born in Christiania as a son of Jens Ludvig Aars and Anette Lund,[1] a nephew of Nils Fredrik Julius Aars and a grandson of Jens Aars.[2] In October 1876 he married Hansine Henriette Vogt (1850–1921).[1] On the paternal side she was a sister of Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt,[3] and niece of Volrath Vogt, and on the maternal side she was a granddaughter of Hans Holmboe[3] and great-granddaughter of Jens Holmboe.

Aars was known as the director of the bank Centralbanken for Norge.[2] He was also the first chair of Oslo Chamber of Commerce.[4] He served as mayor of Oslo from 1902 to 1904.

References

  1. ^ a b Genealogy
  2. ^ a b Bratberg, Terje (2007). "Aars – slekt". In Henriksen, Petter (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Aars/slekt. Retrieved 17 March 2009. 
  3. ^ a b Genealogy
  4. ^ "100 års historie" (in Norwegian). Oslo Chamber of Commerce. http://www.oslohandelskammer.no/site/Default.aspx?mid=1&miid=73. Retrieved 17 March 2009. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Edmund Harbitz
Mayor of Oslo
1902–1904
Succeeded by
Johan Kristian Skougaard