Hans Christian Steffensen (22 December 1837 – 4 September 1912) was a

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politician, jurist and speaker of the Landsting, a chamber of the

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. He was an elected member of the

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from 1879 to 1881 and a royally appointed member of the Landsting from 1888, representing the conservative party

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until 1900 when he was one of nine Højre-members of the Landsting who left the party in a protest against the government's duty and tax reforms and formed the conservative group

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in 1902. Steffensen was Højre's spokesman on the extensive 1895 reform of the order of business of the Landsting,Møller, p. 15. and he was speaker of the Landsting from 1907 to 1909.

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References

*Friis, M. P. (1902).
Steffensen, Hans Christian
in C. F. Bricka (ed.) '' Dansk Biografisk Lexikon tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537–1814. XVI. bind, Skarpenberg — Sveistrup.'' Copenhagen: Gyldendal, pp. 358–60. *Engelstoft, P. (1926).
Steffensen, Hans Christian
in Dahl, Svend; Engelstoft, P. (eds.) ''Dansk Biografisk Haandleksikon, tredje bind''. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, p. 467. *Møller, Jens (1949). "Tingenes forretningsordener" in Fabricius, Knud; Frisch, Hartvig; Hjelholt, Holger; Mackeprang, M.; Møller, Andr. (eds.) ''Den Danske Rigsdag 1849–1949. Bind IV: Rigsdagens arbejdsmåde''. Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz forlag. 1837 births 1912 deaths Danish jurists Members of the Folketing Speakers of the Landsting (Denmark) {{Denmark-politician-stub