Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen
| Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen | |
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| Minister of Labour | |
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In office 1910–1912 |
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| Born |
22 June 1864 Ranheim |
| Died | 26 June 1950 (aged 86) Oslo |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Political party | Liberal Left |
| Relations | Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen (brother) |
| Profession | Engineer |
Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen (22 June 1864 – 26 June 1950) was a Norwegian engineer and politician for the Liberal Left Party. He was the Minister of Labour from 1910 to 1912, and thereafter served as director of the Norwegian State Railways.
He was born in Ranheim, Strinden as a son of estate owner and politician Lauritz Jenssen (1837–1899) and Jørgine Wilhelmine Darre (1842–1910). He was a younger brother of engineer Lauritz Jenssen Dorenfeldt, and an older brother of Worm Hirsch Darre-Jenssen, who served as Minister of Labour from 1926 to 1928.
On the maternal side he was a great-grandson of Jacob Hersleb Darre, a founding father of the Norwegian Constitution, and a grandson of bishop Hans Jørgen Darre. On the paternal side he was a member of the Jenssen trading dynasty; as the great-grandson of Matz Jenssen, grandson of Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen, grandnephew of Jens Nicolai and Hans Peter Jenssen and a second cousin of Anton and Hans Peter Jenssen. Through his brother Lauritz he was an uncle of jurist Lauritz Jenssen Dorenfeldt.
In July 1895 in Lillehammer he married Sigrid Støren (1871–1935), a daughter of a lieutenant colonel.
Darre-Jenssen took technical education in Trondhjem, graduating in 1886. He then stayed a few years abroad, returning to Norway to build railway lines. He was titled assistant from 1891, engineer class II from 1895 and engineer class I from 1898 to 1909. During this period he took part in the construction of the Hamar–Sell Line and the Gjøvik Line, as well as the reconstruction of the Drammen Line and Oslo Eastern Station. For the latter project he was chief of construction. He was promoted to chief engineer in 1909. The work with the Drammen Line was not finished until 1922.
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