Christen Thorn Aamodt

Christen Thorn Aamodt

Christen Thorn Aamodt (4 August 1770 – 8 May 1836) was a Norwegian priest.

He was born in Kvinesdal as the son of "poor parents". Despite his background, he enrolled as a student in 1789, and eventually graduated with the cand.theol. degree. He was hired as a curate in Vinje in 1798 and Nes in 1803. He then became vicar in Valle in 1804. In 1810 he was promoted to dean of Raabyggelagen,[1] which corresponds to today's Setesdal and inner parts of Aust-Agder.[2] After five years in Lund from 1814 to 1819, he became dean in Lister. He was especially noted for his years in Setesdal, where he worked with improving the local schools, postal system and health. He did so through his profession as well as involvement in the Royal Norwegian Society for Development.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Bull, Edvard (1923). "Aamodt, Christen Thorn". In Bull, Edvard; Krogvig, Anders; Gran, Gerhard (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. 1 (1 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 25–26. 
  2. ^ Bratberg, Terje (2007). "Råbyggelaget". In Henriksen, Petter (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/R%C3%A5byggelaget. Retrieved 31 March 2009. 


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