Andreas Meling (22 September 1839 – 8 August 1928) was a Norwegian ship owner and politician.
Biography
He was born in
Sole as a son of bailiff Enok Torgersen and Elen Røgh Skavlan. In 1864 he married Lina Monsen,
[''Hvem er hvem?'' 1912]
/ref> whose brother was a locally known painter and sister married Peter Hærem. Meling was a shipmaster for much of his career, until 1881.[
He served as Mayor of ]Stavanger
Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...
from 1893. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway
The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...
in 1894
Events January
* January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire.
* January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States.
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, after having previously served as a deputy representative. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav
The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav.
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in 1896.[
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References
1839 births
1928 deaths
People from Sola, Norway
Norwegian businesspeople in shipping
Politicians from Stavanger
Mayors of places in Rogaland
Members of the Storting
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