Andreas Meling

He was born in Sole (in the old Håland Municipality) as a son of bailiff Enok Torgersen and Elen Røgh Skavlan. In 1864 he married Lina Monsen,^[1] whose brother was a locally known painter^[2] and sister married Peter Hærem.^[3] Meling was a shipmaster for much of his career, until 1881.^[1]

He served as Mayor of Stavanger from 1893. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1894,^[4] after having previously served as a deputy representative.^[5] He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1896.^[4]