Kristoffer Aamot (26 March 1889 – 22 March 1955) was a Norwegian journalist, magazine editor, politician and cinema administrator.

Personal life

Born in

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(now Oslo) on 26 March 1889, Aamot was a son of Anton Christiansen Aamot and Berntine Christoffersen. In 1915 he married Doris Marie Larsen.

Career

As a young journalist, Aamot was sentenced to one year imprisonment for his writings in the newspaper ''

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''. He was a member of the

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City Council from 1917 to 1937, representing the Labour Party, and served as deputy mayor of Oslo from 1929 to 1931. . He was a director of Oslo Kinematografer from 1934 to 1955, except for the

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years. A film award (in no, Aamotstatuetten) was named after him. He was also the writer of the Norwegian comic strip ''Skomakker Bekk og Tvillingene Hans'', which was drawn by Jan Lunde.

References

1889 births 1955 deaths Writers from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian journalists Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian film directors Norwegian comics writers Local politicians in Norway Politicians from Oslo Imprisoned journalists {{Norway-film-bio-stub