Ole Krogness

Background

He was born in Rissa as a son of Jakob Nielsen Krogness and Karen Olsdatter.

Career

He moved to Trondhjem in his youth, and started as a merchant"s apprentice for Arent Solem at Bakklandet. Krogness" stepson Odin Chr. Dahl took over around 1850.

He was also involved in Trondhjems Arbeiderforening.

Krogness died in July 1869. The street Krogness gate at Øya, Trondheim was named after him. in 1853, a school teacher at Trondhjems Latinskole from 1853, curate in Nordre Dalene from 1866 and in Strinde from later in 1866, and later curate in the Church of Our Lady (Vår frues kirke).

Achievements

• And a co-founder of Trolla Brug.

Membership

Krogness was a board member of Trondhjems Sparebank from 1843 to 1869 and Norges Bank from 1846 to 1869. He became a member of the city council in the 1840s, and was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1848, and was re-elected in 1851, 1857 and 1859, representing the constituency of Trondhjem og Levanger.