Rasmus Hansen (1797–1860s) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He was born in Opdal. His parents were peasants, but Rasmus Hansen studied law in Denmark. He settled in

Skogn Skogn is a village in Levanger municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Trondheimsfjorden, about southwest of the town of Levanger. The European route E06 highway runs through the village, ...

and worked as an attorney.Biographies
hosted by Trondheim public library While living here, he was an elected to the

Parliament of Norway 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 bas ...

in 1839, 1842 and 1848, representing the rural constituency of

Nordre Trondhjems Amt ''Nordre'' (Northern), formerly known as ''Haramsnytt'' (The Haram News), is a local Norwegian newspaper covering events in the northern part of the municipality of Ålesund in Møre og Romsdal county. History The newspaper was established as ''Ha ...

. Around 1850 he moved from Skogn to become district stipendiary magistrate (''sorenskriver'') in Nord-Gudbrandsdal. He died there in the 1860s.

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1797 births 1860s deaths University of Copenhagen alumni Members of the Storting Politicians from Nord-Trøndelag Norwegian judges {{Norway-politician-1790s-stub