Kristian Hopp

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Kristian Ludvig Andreassen Hopp (11 June 1870 – 24 June 1954) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the

Labour Party
.

He was born in Kragerø as a son of shipmaster Lorentz Andreassen and his wife Anne Marie Olsen. He graduated from Hamar Teachers' College in 1889, and took the examen artium in 1892. He worked as a teacher in Grimstad from 1892 to 1895, then in Bergen. He was a member of the executive committee of Bergen city council from 1903 to 1919,[1] representing the Labour Party, and was the Mayor of Bergen in 1918 and 1919.[2] he also represented his party in the Defence Commission of 1920.[3]

In parliamentary elections Hopp was a losing candidate four times, in

Johan Ludvig Mowinckel. Hopp always stood in the constituency Nordnes.[4][5][6][7]

Together with Anna Christine Meidell (1875–1945) he had the sons Einar Meidell Hopp and Egil Meidell Hopp. Through the former, he was the father-in-law of Zinken Hopp. Kristian Hopp died in 1954.[8]

References

  1. ^ Espeland, Arne (1934). Norske skolefolk (in Norwegian). Stavanger: Dreyer. p. 595.
  2. ^ "Ordførere i Bergen kommune fra 1837–2007" (in Norwegian). Bergen municipality. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  3. ^ Ørvik, Nils (1960). Solidaritet eller nøytralitet?. Volume one of Sikkerhetspolitikken 1920–1939 (in Norwegian). Oslo: J. G. Tanum.
  4. ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. V. 128. Stortingsvalget 1909" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  5. ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. V. 189. Stortingsvalget 1912" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  6. ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. VI. 65. Stortingsvalget 1915" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  7. ^ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. VI. 150. Stortingsvalget 1918" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
  8. ^ Dahl, Hans Fredrik. "Einar Meidell Hopp". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Bergen
1918–1919
Succeeded by