Ole Hansen,

GCVO The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or ...

(31 July 1842 – 4 November 1922) was a Norwegian army officer. He was born in

Enebakk Enebakk is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kirkebygda. The parish of ''Enebak'' was established as a municipality ...

. He was Commanding General of the

Norwegian Army The Norwegian Army ( no, Hæren) is the land warfare service branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces. The Army is the oldest of the Norwegian service branches, established as a modern military organization under the command of the King of Norway ...

from 1903 to 1910, with the rank of lieutenant general. He was decorated Knight in 1896, Commander in 1904, and with the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1910. He received the Grand Cross of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog, and an honorary knighthood of the British

Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, or ...

. The mountain of Ole Hansenkammen at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, is named after Hansen.

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1842 births 1922 deaths People from Enebakk Norwegian Army generals Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order {{Norway-mil-bio-stub