Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln
Norwegian merchant and politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johan Gerhard Theodor Ameln (12 March 1838 – 19 June 1917) was a Norwegian merchant and politician. [1][2]
Ameln was born at Bergen in Hordaland, Norway. He was the son of Christian Gerhard Ameln (1809-1872) and Laura Therese Pauline (Wennberg) Ameln (1817-1888). He was from a merchant family and was an uncle of Henrik Ameln and Haakon Ameln. He worked as a merchant and shipowner. He was the mayor of Bergen and was the chairman of the Bergen Chamber of Commerce.[3][4]
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1889 representing the constituency of Bergen. [5]
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