Rasmus Tønder Nissen (14 January 1822 – 19 January 1882) was a Norwegian, educator, theologian and politician.

Biography

Nissen was born at Melhus in

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag (; ) was a Counties of Norway, county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag () county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. ...

. He attended to Trondheim Cathedral School graduating in 1839. He was

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in 1843. He taught history, Greek and religion at

Hartvig Nissen School The Hartvig Nissen School (), informally referred to as Nissen, is a former single-sex education, girls' Gymnasium (school), gymnasium in Oslo, Norway, now co-educational. It is located in the neighborhood Uranienborg, Norway, Uranienborg in the af ...

and from 1852 he was director of the school. In 1864, he became the professor of church history at the

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. He was Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1874–1876, member of the Council of State Division in

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1875, 1876–1877 and 1880–1881, and Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1877–1880, 1880 and 1881–1882. In 1874 he was knighted by

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, and he received the Commander's Cross of 1st Class 1880; he was also commander of the

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References

1822 births 1882 deaths Government ministers of Norway People from Sør-Trøndelag Norwegian Lutherans Norwegian theologians Norwegian educators Academic staff of the University of Oslo Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters Knights of the Order of the Polar Star Order of Saint Olav 19th-century Lutherans Ministers of education of Norway {{Norway-politician-1820s-stub