Hans Jørgen Darre (27 September 1803 – 11 March 1874) was a

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clergyman and Bishop of Nidaros. Darre was born at

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in Søndre Trondhjem, Norway. He was the son of the

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in Klæbo and constitutional founding father, Jacob Hersleb Darre. He graduated as

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in 1827 and succeeded his father as vicar in

in 1833. He was the

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in the district of Dalerne from 1843 to 1848, and in March 1849 he took over as Bishop of the

Diocese of Trondhjem Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is Herborg F ...

(Nidaros). He retired in 1860 with a 1000

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pension. In 1872, he moved to a town near the Spanish-Portuguese border, where his daughter's husband worked in a mine. Hans Jørgen Darre died in Miraflores, Spain during 1874, his body brought back to Norway in December 1883. In Throndhjem, he was a member of the

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. He served as

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of the society from 1851 to 1855 and 1870 to 1872. He was a Knight of the Order of St. Olav. One of his daughters, Jørgine Wilhelmine, married

Lauritz Jenssen Lauritz Jenssen (25 March 1837 – 7 June 1899) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician. A part of a notable business family based in and around Trondhjem, Jenssen founded Ranheims Papirfabrik, and also served one term in the Parliament of ...

, a descendant of Matz Jenssen and

Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen (4 February 1801 – 7 June 1859) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in Throndhjem as the son of businessman Matz Jenssen (1760–1813) and his wife Anna, née Schjelderup Dorenfeldt (1763–1846). His old ...

. Through her, Hans Jørgen Darre was the grandfather of politicians

Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen (22 June 1864 – 26 June 1950) was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Free-minded Liberal Party. He was the Minister of Labour from 1910 to 1912, and thereafter served as director of the Norwegian State Ra ...

and Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen.

References

1803 births 1874 deaths People from Sør-Trøndelag 19th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy Bishops of Nidaros Norwegian expatriates in Spain Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters {{bishop-stub