Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen (18 November 1821 - 23 December 1889) was a Norwegian politician.

Personal life

He was born in 1821 in Christiania as the son of jurist and politician Even Hanssen and his wife Barbara Abigael Lange.Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen genealogy
/ref> He had a younger brother Peter Nicolai Freberg Hansen who became a jurist like his father. In December 1853 he married Lovise Jacobine Lange. She hailed from

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, and was the daughter of government minister Otto Vincent Lange and Anne Nicoline Aall. Anne Nicoline Aall was the daughter of

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and niece of

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and

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. All these people were influential politicians. Furthermore, Otto Vincent Lange was a maternal uncle of Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen, and as such Johan Jørgen was married to his first cousin. Additionally, the maternal uncles Hans Nicolai and Ulrik Frederik were involved in politics; so was priest Nils Landmark who was married to a Johan Jørgen's maternal aunt Christiane Wilhelmine.

Career

Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen moved to Arendal and became director of an

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, as well as of the local savings bank.Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years base ...

in 1874, representing the urban constituency of ''Arendal og Grimstad''. He served only one term. In the 1865 census his household were registered as having at least three servants.Census data from 1865
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References

1821 births 1889 deaths Members of the Storting Aust-Agder politicians Politicians from Arendal Norwegian businesspeople in insurance {{Norway-politician-1820s-stub