Klaus Hanssen

Klaus Hanssen (23 May 1844 - 19 December 1914) was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Liberal Party and the Coalition Party.

He was born in Bergen, a son of merchant Claus Hansen and Elisabeth Schram, and was a brother of Gerhard Armauer Hansen. He was first married to Ida Christine Johannessen, and a second time to Dorothea Marstrand Serck.^[1] He was the father of mining executive Klaus Serck-Hanssen,^[2] and grandfather of Arne Serck-Hanssen.^[3]

He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the terms 1889–1891, representing the constituency Bergen. He was a member of Bergen city council for several years,^[4] and served as mayor in 1894.^[5] He later joined the Coalition Party, and served as a parliamentary deputy again during the term 1904–1906.^[4]

Born in Bergen, he graduated as cand.med. in 1872 and worked as a physician the rest of his professional life.^[4]

References

1. Lærum, Odd Didrik. "Klaus Hanssen". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
2. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Serck-Hanssen, Klaus". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 499–500. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
3. Fridrichsen, Anton, ed. (1929). "Serck-Hanssen, Klaus". Studentene fra 1904: biografiske oplysninger samlet til 25-årsjubileet 1929 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Grøndahl. pp. 335–336.
4. Klaus Hanssen — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)
5. "Ordførere i Bergen kommune fra 1837 - 2007" (in Norwegian). Bergen municipality. Retrieved 2008-10-06.