Jens Theodor Paludan Vogt (23 September 1830 – 25 October 1892
) was a

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engineer and first director of

Kristiania Sporveisselskab A/S Kristiania Sporveisselskab or KSS, nicknamed the Green Tramway ( no, Grønntrikken), was an operator of part of the Oslo Tramway from 1875 to 1924. The company was established in 1874 and started with horsecar operations on the Ullevål Hageb ...

who operated the first tramway in Oslo. He was the son of priest Niels Nielsen Vogt (1798–1869). He was a nephew of politicians

Jørgen Herman Vogt Jørgen Herman Vogt (21 July 1784 – 12 January 1862) was a Norwegian politician who served as First Minister of Norway from 1856 to 1858, during the personal union between Sweden and Norway. The first minister was subordinated to the gover ...

and David Vogt, and a first cousin of Volrath Vogt and

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. He grew up in

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and studied at the

Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology ( sv, Chalmers tekniska högskola, often shortened to Chalmers) is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that conducts research and education in technology and natural sciences at a high international level ...

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. He also studied at the

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and at the

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; german: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public research university in Karlsruhe, Germany. The institute is a national research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 w ...

before he was employed by the

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in 1853. Vogt moved to

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in 1877. He married author Johanne Collett, and had the son Nils Collett Vogt—who became an important Norwegian

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. Vogt travelled often abroad to study innovations in electrical tramways. In 1883, he visited

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and

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. In the summer of 1885, he travelled to

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and co-founded the

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. Trygve Poppe succeeded him as director of Kristiania Sporveisselskap on 1 January 1894.

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