Lars Johanson Galtung (1752 - 1822)

Born 1752 in Torsnes, Jondal, Hordaland, Norway

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Died 1822 at about age 70 in Torsnes, Jondal, Hordaland, Norway

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Biography

Lars was born at Torsnes in Jondal in 1752, and was the son of Johan Daniel Larsson Galtung and Marta Hansdotter Gjøn.^[1]

He bought his siblings' shares of south Torsnes in 1778 and 1780, leaving him the sole owner; his mother kept a small part which she managed on her own.^[1]

He gained a lot of money and several churches through his marriage, and was himself a man with good business sense. He built ships and ran a sawmill. He was a member of Selskapet for Norges Vel, and was the person from Strandebarm (Kvam) who elected representatives to send to Eidsvoll in 1814.^[1]

He married Ragnhild Kristoffersdatter Hjeltnes from Ulvik in 1781.^[1] Their children were:

• Marta, born 1782, married Ivar Pederson Øyarhavn from Varaldsøy in Kvinnherad in 1804, lived there^[1]
• Marta Malena, born 1785, married Hans Jakobson Galtung, lived at north Torsnes^[1]
• Anna Katarina, born 1787, married Hans Knutson from Gausvik in Kvinnherad, lived there^[1]
• Johan Daniel, born 1790, lived at south Torsnes^[1]
• Kristoffer, born 1792, married Anna Elisabet Hansdotter Galtung from Kysnes in 1824, lived at Torsnes^[1]
• Herborg, born 1794, married Anders Pederson Dysvik in 1817, married Hans Engelson Medhus in 1829, lived at Dysvik in Kvam^[1]

He died in 1822.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} 'Jondal Kommune: Gards- og slektssoge. 2, pp. 933-934.

• Gaute Losnegård. Jondal Kommune: Gards- og slektssoge. 2. Jondal kommune, 2003.
• Wikidata: Item Q110302748