J. Andersen Aars | |
Birth Name: | Jens Ludvig Andersen Aars |
Birth Date: | 1852 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Horten, Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Occupation: | Politician |
Parents: | Jens Ludvig Aars (Father) Anette Lund (Mother) |
Jens Ludvig Andersen Aars (23 December 1852 – 22 May 1919) was a Norwegian politician.
He was born in Horten as a son of Jens Ludvig Aars and Anette Lund,[1] a nephew of Nils Fredrik Julius Aars and a grandson of Jens Aars.[2] In October 1876 he married Hansine Henriette Vogt (1850–1921).[1] On the paternal side she was a sister of Svend Borchmann Hersleb Vogt,[3] and niece of Volrath Vogt, and on the maternal side she was a granddaughter of Hans Holmboe[3] and great-granddaughter of Jens Holmboe.
Aars was known as the director of the bank Centralbanken for Norge.[2] He was also the first chair of Oslo Chamber of Commerce.[4] He served as mayor of Oslo from 1902 to 1904.