Jens Boalth

Jens Boalth (8 March 1725 – 5 December 1780) was a Norwegian educator.

He was the son of Larsen Boalth (1697–1744 and Anne Cathrine Pedersdatter Kolding (1695–1765).

He grew up in a wealthy merchant family and attended Christiania Cathedral School.

In 1774, he founded Det nyttige Selskab, a service society which focused on the well being of the general population.

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