Jørgen Aall Flood was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 politician, vice consul

Consul (representative)

The political title Consul is used for the official representatives of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, and to facilitate trade and friendship between the peoples of the two countries...

 and businessman.

Personal life

Jørgen Aall Flood was born in 1820 as the first child of merchant Jørgen Flood

Jørgen Flood

-Personal life:Jørgen Flood was born in 1792 to merchant Peder Jørgensen Flood and Inger Jørgine Jørgensen , née Wesselstoft. He had ten brothers and sisters. They grew up in Skien, but Jørgen later moved to Eidanger. Following the death of his wife Hanna in 1863, Jørgen moved to Grimstad...

 (1792–1867) and his wife Hanna (1796–1863), née Aall. As such his maternal grandfather was Constitutional founding father Jørgen Aall

Jørgen Aall

Jørgen Aall was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician.-Personal life:Jørgen Aall was born in 1771 as the second son of Nicolai Benjamin Aall and Amborg Jørgensdatter , née Wesseltoft. In total he had three brothers and three sisters...

. He later got four sisters and two brothers; the family grew up in Eidanger

Eidanger

Eidanger is a rural parish and former municipality of Porsgrunn, in Telemark County, Norway.-History:Eidanger was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . It was merged with Porsgrunn on 1 January 1964....

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He married Anna Cathrine (1825–1886), née Bæhr. The couple had eight children.

Career

He started as a trainee in the merchant company J. & E. M. Flood, which was run by his father Jørgen and uncle Elias. From the latter he inherited the property Nedre Borge, where he lived until 1866. He sold the property that year, as the company went bankrupt in 1865. The company's remaining assets were repossessed by the local government.

However, in 1861 he had taken over as director of Den første norske Assuranceforening

Norwegian Hull Club

Norwegian Hull Club is a mutual marine insurance company. The company operates within hull and machinery insurance, loss of hire insurance and total loss interests insurance. Main offices are in Bergen, with additional offices in Oslo, Kristiansand and Singapore.-History:Assurance associations...

, an association for marine insurance

Marine insurance

Marine insurance covers the loss or damage of ships, cargo, terminals, and any transport or cargo by which property is transferred, acquired, or held between the points of origin and final destination....

. He was brought in as a new face following the 1860 turbulence in the organization: Hans Eleonardus

Hans Eleonardus Møller

Hans Eleonardus Møller was a Norwegian politician and businessperson.-Personal life:Hans Eleonardus Møller was born in 1804 to Hans Eleonardus Møller, Sr. and Inger , née Aall. He had two younger sisters Simonine and Marianne...

 and Hans Møller

Hans Møller

Hans Møller was a Norwegian politician, consul and businessperson.-Personal life:Hans Møller was born to Hans Eleonardus Møller and Amborg Laura , née Aall. As such his grandfathers were ship-owner Hans Eleonardus Møller, Sr. and statesman Jacob Aall...

, who formerly had cooperated within the association with the nephew

Hans J. C. Aall

Hans Jørgen Christian Aall was a Norwegian politician.He was born on Næs iron works in Holt as the son of Jacob Aall. Like his father, his uncles Niels and Jacob were involved in politics, whereas his aunt Benedicte Henricka married Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen, and another sister Inger married...

 of Jørgen Aall Flood's grandfather

Jørgen Aall

Jørgen Aall was a Norwegian ship-owner and politician.-Personal life:Jørgen Aall was born in 1771 as the second son of Nicolai Benjamin Aall and Amborg Jørgensdatter , née Wesseltoft. In total he had three brothers and three sisters...

, left to form a rivaling insurance company. Jørgen Aall Flood was also He was also vice consul

Consul (representative)

The political title Consul is used for the official representatives of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, and to facilitate trade and friendship between the peoples of the two countries...

 for Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

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As a politician, Jørgen Aall Flood was elected mayor of Porsgrund

Porsgrunn

is a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Porsgrunn....

 municipality in 1857, and returned to serve in the year 1860. He also served as vice mayor, in 1859. His father Jørgen and his uncle Paulus

Paulus Flood

Paulus Mathias Frederikus Flood was a Norwegian merchant and politician.-Personal life:Paulus Flood was born in 1804 to merchant Peder Jørgensen Flood and Inger Jørgine Jørgensen , née Wesseltoft. He had ten brothers and sisters, and grew up in Skien.He married Constance Aall, daughter of...

were both former mayors.