Andreas Schaft


Andreas Jørgensen Schaft was a Norwegian civil servant. He was married to Petronelle Nicoline Green, with whom he had the daughter Martine Elisabeth Schaft, who 8 May 1824 married the missionary Magnus Andreas Gjør.
In 1799, Schaft bought a square at Frogner in Oslo which he named Elisenberg after his daughter Elisabeth. In 1807, Schaft built the paddock manor Schafteløkken at Elisenberg.
He was a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. Zahlkasserer Schafts plass, a Frogner square, was named after him in 2003.