Johan Andreas Kraft
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Johan Andreas Kraft was a Norwegian physician and politician.

He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway in the term 1862–1864, representing the urban constituency of Flekkefjord
Flekkefjord
is a town and municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway.The town of Flekkefjord was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . The rural municipalities of Bakke, Gyland, Hidra, and Nes were merged with Flekkefjord on 1 January 1965.Flekkefjord is the westernmost town of the...

. He sat through only one term. He was mayor of Flekkefjord in 1842, 1858 and 1859.

He worked as a physician in Flekkefjord from 1834, and remained there for fifty years. He was a founder of the Norwegian Medical Society
Norwegian Medical Society
The Norwegian Medical Society is a medical organisation in Norway.It has its roots in an informal group created in 1826, which subscribed to and shared foreign medical journals. In 1833 it was formally inaugurated as Lægeforeningen i Christiania, the physician's association in Christiania...

, and an honorary member from 1883.

Together with Fredrikke Christiane Weltzin (1819–1882) he had the daughter Christiane Marie Kraft, born 1840, who was married to engineer Carl Dahl
Carl Dahl
Niels Carl Michaelius Flindt Dahl, usually known as Carl Dahl, was a Danish marine painter during the Golden Age of Danish Painting.-Biography:...

until her death in 1864. Kraft died in 1896.
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