Johan Lausen Bull

Memorial plaque for Johan Lausen Bull in Ålesund

Johan Lausen Bull (born May 14, 1751 in Stod bei Steinkjer , † July 29, 1817 in Christiania ) was a Norwegian politician and lawyer.

Life

He was born the son of captain Jørgen Andreas Bull (1703–1764) and Dorothea Catharina Wandal Randulf (1716–1763). His brother was the future judge Johan Randulf Bull . After the early death of his parents, he grew up with his cousin Henrik Helkand Bull (1732–1797), who was Sorenskriver in Lofoten and Vesterålen from 1768 and in Moss from 1773 . He studied law and graduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1776 . In 1777 he became assistant to the Sorenskriver Melchior Falch in Sunnmøre , who, however, retired after a short time. Bull was then appointed Sorenskriver and worked in this office in Sunnmøre from 1779 to 1798. He settled in Djuvik on Sula . On February 23, 1781 he married the pastor's daughter Charlotte Amalie Brix Bull (1763-1844).

Bull got involved in the economic development of the region and suggested that the king set up a new trading post in Ålesund . The project was rejected by the cities of Bergen , Molde and Kristiansund . The local governor Andreas Nordløv and the Trondheim monastery administrator Thorkild Fjeldsted supported the project. With a royal decree of September 11, 1793, Ålesund was granted port and customs rights. In 1798 he became President of the Magistrate of Kristiansand , until in 1798 he assumed the same function in the Magistrate of Christiania, today's Oslo. He held this office until 1815. In 1805 he was a member of the commission set up to build a canal between Christiania and Øyeren . From 1808 he was a member of the commission of a fund to support the wounded. In 1811 he became a board member of a development company.

Bull was wealthy. In 1805 he bought Tøyen hovedgård , which he sold to King Frederick IV in 1812 . Bull was also known for his humane attitude towards the prisoner Hans Nielsen Hauge .

In the city of Ålesund, a street was named Sorenskriver Bulls gate in his honor. There is also a plaque commemorating him in the street.

Web links

• Johan Bull - 2 in Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian)
• Johan Lausen Bull in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)