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. Lange had five siblings. He was the elder brother of politicians Otto Vincent Lange and Ulrik Frederik Lange,Family genealogy 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.Hans Nicolai Lange genealogy
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. Hans Nicolai Lange — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He later became vicar in Bragernes parish. Lange was appointed Mayor of Drammen for two terms; first 1838–1839, then 1842–1848.
Due to bad health, he traveled to Paris to regain it, but died there on Christmas Eve 1848.
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