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{{Short description|Norwegian politician (1888–1957)}}
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| name = Arnt J. Mørland
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| birth_place         = [[Arendal]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|1957|09|28|1888|6|23|df=y}}
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| nationality         = [[Norway|Norwegian]]
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| occupation = Ship-owner
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| party               = [[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|Christian Democratic Party]]
| spouse              = Constance Thomsen
| children            = [[Arnt J. C. Mørland]]<br />Berit Mørland
|relations            = [[Reidar Kobro]] (son-in-law)
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| title = Member of the [[Parliament of Norway]] from [[Vest-Agder]]
| term_start = 1953
| term_end = 1957
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'''Arnt Jacobsen Mørland''' (23 June 1888 – 28 September 1957) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] ship-owner, resistance member, and politician for the [[Christian Democratic Party (Norway)|Christian Democratic Party]].
==Personal life==
He was born in [[Arendal]] as a son of merchant Jens Mørland (1853–1936) and Sophie Jacobsen (1855–1945).<ref name=bio>{{stortingetbio|ARM_O}}</ref> Together with Constance Thomsen he had the son [[Arnt J. C. Mørland]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=1973|title=Mørland, Arnt Jacob Conrad|encyclopedia=[[Hvem er hvem?]]|editor=Steenstrup, Bjørn|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1973/0402.html|page=402|language=no|access-date=10 October 2011}}</ref> A daughter, Berit Mørland, married dean [[Reidar Kobro]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=1973|title=Kobro, Reidar|encyclopedia=[[Hvem er hvem?]]|editor=Steenstrup, Bjørn|publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1973/0313.html|page=313|language=no|access-date=18 February 2011}}</ref>
==Career==
Mørland finished middle school in 1903. From 1903 to 1916 he worked in the ship-owner company Chr. Th. Boe and the shipbroker company Lund & Co. He started his own ship-owner company in 1916, named Agdesidens Rederi. He later started more companies; Mørland Rederi in 1927 and Mørland Tankrederi in 1930.<ref name=bio/><ref name=merkbio>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Mørland, Arnt J(acobsen)|url=https://runeberg.org/merkbio/0633.html|encyclopedia=[[Merkantilt biografisk leksikon]]|publisher=Yrkesforlaget|location=Oslo|edition=1st|editor-last=Hoffstad|editor-first=Einar|editor-link=Einar Hoffstad|year=1935|page=547|access-date=10 October 2011|language=no}}</ref> During the [[occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany]] he was arrested on 24 February 1944, and was incarcerated in [[Arkivet (Kristiansand)|Arkivet]] until 4 July, then in [[Grini concentration camp]] to 4 February 1945. He then spent the rest of the war years in [[Berg concentration camp]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=Ottosen, Kristian|editor-link=Kristian Ottosen|title=Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945|edition=2nd|year=2004|publisher=Universitetsforlaget|location=Oslo|language=no|isbn=82-15-00288-9|page=500}}</ref><ref name=b>{{cite web|url=http://www.stiftelsen-arkivet.no/m|title=Fanger med etternavn som begynner på M|publisher=Stiftelsen Arkivet|language=no|access-date=21 June 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110722114642/http://www.stiftelsen-arkivet.no/m| archive-date= 22 July 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status=live}}</ref>
Among his ships, [[MT Vardaas (1931)|MT ''Vardaas'']] was hit by a torpedo from the [[German submarine U-564|German submarine ''U-564'']] on 30 August 1942, while carrying dead freight from Cape Town to Trinidad, but all 41 crew members were saved.<ref name=dannevig>{{cite book|chapter=Innsatsen på havet|page=230|first=Birger|last=Dannevig |author-link=Birger Dannevig |editor=Dannevig, Birger |title=Arendalsregionens Krigshistorie|year=1985 |location=Kolbjørnsvik |publisher=Leiv-Tore Langemyrs Forlag |language=no |isbn=82-991313-0-8}}</ref> His ship [[MS Ravnaas (1931)|MS ''Ravnaas'']] was sunk by Japanese aircraft 250 [[Nautical mile|nmi]] east of the [[Samar Island]] in the morning of 8 December 1941, about the same time as the [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]].<ref name=hjeltnes>{{cite book |first=Guri |last=Hjeltnes |author-link=Guri Hjeltnes  |title=Krigsseiler. Krig, hjemkomst, oppgjør |pages=31&ndash;32 |series=Handelsflåten i krig 1939-1945 |year=1999 |orig-year=1997 |publisher=Grøndahl Dreyer |location=Oslo |language=no |isbn=82-504-1896-4}}</ref><ref name=taraldsen/> All 28 crew members reached the island of [[Mindanao]] after three days in lifeboats.<ref name=hjeltnes/> Most of them were later imprisoned in Japanese camps.<ref name=taraldsen>{{cite book|chapter=M/S Ravnaas|pages=237&ndash;246|first=Kristen|last=Taraldsen|editor=Dannevig, Birger|editor-link=Birger Dannevig|language=no |location=Kolbjørnsvik |publisher=Leiv-Tore Langemyrs Forlag |title=Arendalsregionens Krigshistorie|year=1985 |isbn=82-991313-0-8}}</ref>
Mørland chaired the regional ship-owners' association ''Aust-Agder rederforening'' from 1922 to 1940 and 1946 to 1949, and was a board member of the [[Norwegian Shipowners' Association]] from 1928 to 1957. He was a board member of Arendal Elektrisitetsverk from 1937 to 1942 and 1945 to 1951, of several local insurance trusts, and a supervisory council member of [[Agder Bank]]. He was a [[consul (representative)|vice consul]] for Sweden from 1946 to 1953, and was decorated as a Knight of the [[Order of Vasa]] in 1953. In 1957 he became a Knight, First Class of the [[Order of St. Olav]].<ref name=bio/>
He was an adherent of the [[Oxford Group]],<ref name=merkbio/> and was very active in the religious life of Arendal, both in the church, the inner mission and [[Sunday school]]s. He was the vice chairman of the [[Diocese of Agder|Diocesan Council of Agder]] from 1934 to 1950.<ref name=bio/>
He was a member of the executive committee of Arendal city council from 1919 to 1925, 1931 to 1937 and 1945 to 1947. In [[1953 Norwegian parliamentary election|1953]] he was elected to the [[Parliament of Norway]] from [[Vest-Agder]]. He died before the end of his term and was replaced by [[Thor Martin Nilsen Sauvik]].<ref name=bio/><ref>{{cite news|title=Arnt J. Mørland død|date=30 September 1957|work=[[Aftenposten]]|page=7|language=no}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:1888 births]]
[[Category:1957 deaths]]
[[Category:Politicians from Arendal]]
[[Category:Norwegian businesspeople in shipping]]
[[Category:Christian Democratic Party (Norway) politicians]]
[[Category:Aust-Agder politicians]]
[[Category:Norwegian resistance members]]
[[Category:Grini concentration camp survivors]]
[[Category:Berg concentration camp survivors]]
[[Category:Knights of the Order of Vasa]]
[[Category:Members of the Storting 1954–1957]]