Hans Andreas Tanberg Gløersen (16 February 1836 – 1 September 1904) was a

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forest manager.

Biography

He was born at

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as a son of physician Jørgen Gustav Gløersen (1806–1884) and Gunda Sophie Cathrine Tanberg (1811–1899). He took his

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in 1853. He gained a

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in 1858, followed by a degree in forestry at the

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in 1860. Gløersen was appointed as a forestry assistant in

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in the same year. In 1864 he was sent to

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to assess its forests. From 1866 to 1895 he worked for the Ministry of Interior (''Indredepartementet'') as the forest manager for a region which included the present day counties of

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and

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. He pioneered in the field of forest cultivation. He purchased forested land and established several tree nurseries. He edited the magazine ''Landbrugstidende for Vestlandet'' from 1885 to 1891. Gløersen also wrote a number of articles in newspapers and journals, primarily about the forestry and related questions. He has been credited for launching the ideas for the

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railway at a public meeting in 1866, and the

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through a

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in ''

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''. In both cases he provided detailed suggestions for the route, ideas that to a great extent were followed when the lines were constructed. From February 1868 he was married to Rachel Marie Carlsen (1846–1894). After his wife died, Gløersen moved to

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(now Oslo). He was decorated with the

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in 1895, and died in Kristiania in September 1904.

References

1836 births 1904 deaths People from Nord-Aurdal University of Giessen alumni Norwegian expatriates in Germany Norwegian civil servants Norwegian foresters Norwegian magazine editors {{forester-stub