Researching Hans Jensen
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The name Hans means "form of JOHN - God is gracious" and is of Scandinavian origin.
Records of Hans Jensen on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Hans Jensen and the Jensen Genealogy
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Hans Jacob Arnold Jensen
Hans Jacob Arnold Jensen (12 September 1777 – 3 October 1853) was a Norwegian military officer and politician.
Jensen was born at Frogn in Norderhov, Norway. His parents were Thomas Jensen and Giertrud Selmer. He entered military service at the age of 16 in 1793. He graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy ( Den frie mathematiske Skole) in Christiania (now Oslo) in 1794. He married Alethe Kreyberg, his third cousin, on February 17, 1836.He died in Fredrikshald, Norway at the age of 76 and was buried at Ous Kirkegård (now known as Os Gravlund) in Halden.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1818, representing the constituency of Fredriksstad. He served as a captain at that time. He only sat through one parliamentary term.
Source: Hans Jacob Arnold Jensen, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaHans Johan Jensen
Hans Johan Jensen (23 November 1882 – ?) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
Born in Kristiania, he attended Treider's School as well as the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry. From 1903 he found work as a manual laborer, working on the Meråker Line and the Bergen Line. In 1909 he settled in Gol as a farmer and carpenter.
Jensen was first elected to Gol municipal council in 1913, and was re-elected nine times. In 1928 he was also elected to the Parliament of Norway for his constituency Buskerud. He was not re-elected in 1931, but returned in 1934 and 1937. In 1940, upon the Nazi German invasion of Norway, Jensen was deprived of all his political positions.
Source: Hans Johan Jensen, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Jensen
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