Kristian Hopp, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Kristian Hopp

Norwegian politician

Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1870

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1954

Profession: politician

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Kristian Hopp

  • Kristian Ludvig Andreassen Hopp (11 June 1870 – 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, representing the Labour Party, and was the Mayor of Bergen in 1918 and 1919.
  • he also represented his party in the Defence Commission of 1920.In parliamentary elections Hopp was a losing candidate four times, in 1909, 1912, 1915 and 1918.
  • On the first and last occasion he lost to Fredrik Ludvig Konow, on the two others to Johan Ludvig Mowinckel.
  • Hopp always stood in the constituency Nordnes.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.

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