Kristoffer Aamot

Kristoffer Aamot
Born(1889-03-26)26 March 1889
Kristiania, Norway
Died22 March 1955(1955-03-22) (aged 65)
Occupationsjournalist, magazine editor, politician and cinema administrator
Political party
Labour Party

Kristoffer Aamot (26 March 1889 – 22 March 1955) was a Norwegian journalist, magazine editor, politician and cinema administrator.

Personal life

Born in Kristiania (now Oslo) on 26 March 1889, Aamot was a son of Anton Christiansen Aamot and Berntine Christoffersen. In 1915 he married Doris Marie Larsen.

Career

As a young journalist, Aamot was sentenced to one year imprisonment for his writings in the newspaper Klassekampen. He was a member of the Oslo City Council from 1917 to 1937, representing the Labour Party, and served as deputy mayor of Oslo from 1929 to 1931.

He was a director of Oslo Kinematografer from 1934 to 1955, except for the war years. A film award (in Norwegian: Aamotstatuetten) was named after him.

He was also the writer of the Norwegian comic strip Skomakker Bekk og Tvillingene Hans, which was drawn by Jan Lunde.

References

  1. 1 2 Svendsen, Trond Olav. "Kristoffer Aamot". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Iversen, Gunnar. "Kristoffer Aamot". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  3. ↑ Svendsen, Trond Olav. "Aamotstatuetten". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "Jan Lunde".