Hans Nicolai Lange

Hans Nicolai Lange (2 December 1795 – 24 December 1848) was a Norwegian priest and politician.

Biography

He was born at Jevnaker in Oppland, Norway. He was the son of Johan Jørgen Lange (1754-1814) and Dorothea Helena Larsen (1771-1824). He father was a parish priest. [1] Lange had five siblings. He was the elder brother of politicians Otto Vincent Lange and Ulrik Frederik Lange,[2] brother-in-law of Nils Landmark and Even Hanssen and uncle of Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen.

In 1825 he married Anna Rebekka Blix (1799-1874). They had no children.[1]

He was the first teacher at the Bragernes borgerskole in Drammen, working there from 1825–1846. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1839.[3] [4] He later became vicar in Bragernes parish. Lange was appointed Mayor of Drammen for two terms; first 1838–1839, then 1842–1848.[5]

Due to bad health, he traveled to Paris to regain it, but died there on Christmas Eve 1848.[1]

References

1. Hans Nicolai Lange genealogy
2. Family genealogy
3. "Bragernes Borgerskole". Drammens Museum. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
4. Hans Nicolai Lange — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
5. "Hans Nicolai Lange. Drammens andre ordfører. 1838 - 1838". Terra Buskerud historieboka. Retrieved November 1, 2017.