Jens Carl Frederik Hilfling-Rasmussen (14 October 1869 – 23 February 1941) was a Danish-born Norwegian photographer. He was born in

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as a son of photographer Jens Rasmussen. He grew up in Assens, where he learned photography in his father's company. He worked in

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from 1890 to 1896, and then migrated to

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. He started his own photo studio in 1898, and by 1905 he was preferred as the official photographer of many events. From 1907 to 1910 Hilfling-Rasmussen had a company together with

Ernest Rude Ernest Rude (23 January 1871 – 18 March 1948) was a Norwegian photographer. He was born in Drammen as a son of photographer Christoffer Gade Rude (1839–1901) and his wife Andrea Elise Geelmuyden (1839–1920). He was an uncle of Finn Støren. ...

, and Hilfling-Rasmussen then moved to

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. As a photographer he was best known for portrait photography. He taught at the school ''Trondhjems Fagskole'', was a board member of the Norwegian Association of Professional Photographers from 1913, and became an honorary member in 1937. He died in February 1941 in Trondheim, and his son Skjold Hilfling-Rasmussen took over the company.

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1869 births 1941 deaths Danish emigrants to Norway 19th-century Norwegian photographers Portrait photographers People from Middelfart Municipality {{Europe-photographer-stub